She Mei (Duchesnea indica) — Dried Mock Strawberry Herb, Food-Herb Botanical for Tea & Decoction

She Mei (Duchesnea indica), also known as Mock Strawberry or Indian Strawberry, is the dried whole herb of a traditional botanical long used in Chinese herbal practice and known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Shé Méi (蛇莓). Folk names such as She Pao Cao (蛇泡草), Long Tu Zhu (龙吐珠), and San Zhua Feng (三爪风) reflect its deep roots in regional herbal traditions. Its nature is sweet, bitter, and slightly cold, making it a cooling, clearing herb traditionally associated with clearing heat and resolving toxin.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional food-herb botanical, Duchesnea indica
• Dried whole herb, sun-dried processing
• Known in TCM as She Mei (蛇莓)
• Folk names: She Pao Cao, Long Tu Zhu, San Zhua Feng
• 500g value pack, also available as custom-milled powder

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully sun-dried to preserve the herb's natural green-to-olive tone, its soft leafy texture, and its mild, grassy aroma. When decocted, She Mei yields a light, gently bitter infusion with a subtle earthy sweetness, and the dried herb softens readily in simmering water.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Herbal decoction and simmered tea
• Blended with other cooling herbs in seasonal formulas
• Custom-milled into botanical powder
• Folk herbal soup and tonic preparation
• Daily herbal tea in warm seasons

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, She Mei is decocted alone or combined with other cooling herbs to make a light, clearing tea, and it is sometimes added to summer soup and tonic formulas. Traditional herbalists have long paired it with ingredients such as honeysuckle, dandelion, and houttuynia in seasonal blends. It is also prepared as a simple daily infusion in warm weather, and can be milled into powder for convenient use in teas and pastes.

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