Ji Xing Zi (Impatiens balsamina Seed) — Dried Feng Xian Hua Zi Herbal Seed, 500g

Ji Xing Zi (Impatiens balsamina) is the dried mature seed of the garden balsam, known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Jí Xìng Zǐ (急性子) and also called Fèng Xiān Huā Zǐ (凤仙花子). For generations it has been prized as a moving, dispersing, and softening herb, traditionally used to invigorate blood, break up stagnation, and soften hardness. Its nature is slightly bitter, pungent, and warm, with a small toxicity noted in classical texts, making it a potent herb handled with care in traditional formulas.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional blood-moving and stagnation-breaking herb
• Dried Impatiens balsamina seed, new crop
• Also known as Feng Xian Hua Zi
• Sulfur-free, clean raw herb quality
• 500g bulk pack for decoction use

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully cleaned and sun-dried to preserve its small, rounded, dark brown to near-black seed form with a smooth, slightly glossy surface. The seeds carry a faint, dry, earthy aroma with little scent when raw. When decocted, they yield a mild, subtly bitter and pungent infusion with a light herbal character, releasing their active constituents into the water over a slow simmer.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Traditional herbal decoction formulas
• Herbal soak and external wash preparations
• Blended herbal formulas under practitioner guidance
• Bulk herbal ingredient for compounding
• Traditional TCM wellness preparations

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Ji Xing Zi is decocted into formulas alongside other herbs to invigorate blood and disperse stagnation, and is sometimes used in external washes and soaks. It appears in classical TCM preparations where it is paired with herbs that soften hardness and move qi and blood. Because of its potency, it is traditionally used in measured amounts within a practitioner-guided formula rather than as a casual daily tea.

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