Qian Li Guang Powder (Senecio scandens) — Dried Chinese Herb, 500g

Qian Li Guang Powder (Senecio scandens) is the finely milled, dried whole herb of a traditional Chinese botanical known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Qiān Lǐ Guāng (千里光). Also called Climbing Groundsel and known by folk names such as Jiu Li Ming (九里明) and Ming Yan Cao (明眼草), it has long been prized as a cooling, heat-clearing herb used to brighten the eyes, soothe the skin, and calm inflammatory heat. Its nature is bitter and cold, making it a focused yet traditional herb for clearing heat and resolving toxin in TCM food-herb practice.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional heat-clearing food herb
• Finely milled Senecio scandens powder
• Known in TCM as Qian Li Guang
• 500g value pouch for daily herbal use
• Clean, dried, single-ingredient botanical

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully dried and milled to preserve a soft sage-green to olive color, a fine, free-flowing texture, and a mild, grassy herbal aroma. When steeped or decocted, the powder releases a gently bitter, earthy infusion with a faint green note, characteristic of a freshly dried whole herb.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Herbal tea and decoction blends
• Traditional cooling herbal formulas
• Seasonal heat-clearing food therapy
• External herbal wash preparations
• Soup-pack and culinary herb combinations

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Qian Li Guang is decocted alone or blended with other cooling herbs to make a bitter, refreshing tea during warm seasons. It is also simmered into herbal soups and medicinal food preparations, and in some regional traditions the decoction is used as an external wash. As a daily tea, it is often paired with chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, or dandelion for a light, heat-clearing infusion.

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