Dried Kapok Flower Mu Mian Hua 500g Herbal Tea Ingredient Traditional Decoction Flower

Dried Kapok Flower, known in TCM as Mu Mian Hua (木棉花), from Bombax ceiba, the dried flower of the kapok tree. Traditionally valued in southern Chinese herbal practice, it is often simmered into clear decoctions or herbal teas, especially in humid seasons. In TCM theory it is considered sweet and bland in flavor with a cool nature. Sold as a dried edible botanical for traditional herbal preparation.

Key Selling Points

• Dried kapok flower, a classic southern Chinese herbal ingredient
• Botanical source Bombax ceiba, flower form for decoction or tea
• Known in TCM as Mu Mian Hua (木棉花)
• Traditionally used in humid-season herbal teas and soups
• 500g bag of dried flowers, suitable for household herbal preparation

Quality & Sensory

Typically deep reddish-brown to dark brown dried petals with a light, papery texture and a faint herbal aroma. When simmered, the infusion is typically mild and slightly vegetal with a clean, gentle finish.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Simmer into traditional herbal decoctions
• Brew as a mild herbal tea with other flowers or herbs
• Add to Cantonese-style herbal soups
• Use in seasonal humid-weather herbal drinks

Traditional Uses

In southern Chinese folk practice, kapok flower is a familiar ingredient in five-flower teas and cooling herbal drinks traditionally prepared during warm, humid months. It is commonly simmered with ingredients such as honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, or selfheal, or added to mild family soups. In TCM theory it is traditionally associated with supporting the body's dampness-clearing practices through diet.

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