Hu Tui Zi Ye (Elaeagnus pungens Leaf) — Dried TCM Herb Leaf, 500g

Hu Tui Zi Ye (Elaeagnus pungens) is the dried leaf of a traditional Chinese herb known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Hú Tuí Zǐ Yè (胡颓子叶), also written as Hu Tu Zi Ye (胡秃子叶) or Pu Tui Ye (蒲颓叶). For generations it has been valued as a lung-clearing, cough-calming leaf used in decoctions and herbal formulas. Its nature is slightly warm with a bitter, astringent flavor, making it a focused yet gentle herb traditionally associated with the Lung channel.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional Lung-channel herb leaf
• Dried Elaeagnus pungens leaf
• Also known as Hu Tu Zi Ye and Pu Tui Ye
• 500g bulk food-herb grade
• Clean, new-crop dried leaf

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully dried to preserve the leaf's deep green color, dry papery texture, and faint herbal aroma. When decocted, the leaves yield a lightly bitter, subtly astringent infusion with an earthy green note, softening as it simmers.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Traditional herbal decoction
• Herbal tea blends
• Medicinal soup packs
• Daily herbal wellness routine
• Bulk herbal ingredient for formulas

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Hu Tui Zi Ye is decocted alone or combined with other herbs in lung-supporting formulas. It is often simmered into medicinal soups and daily teas, and appears in traditional cough-calming blends alongside ingredients like apricot kernel, fritillary bulb, and mulberry leaf. As a single-herb decoction, it is brewed gently to release its bitter, astringent character.

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