Zi Zhu Ye (Callicarpa macrophylla) — Dried Food-Herb Leaves from Yunnan, 500g

Zi Zhu Ye (Callicarpa macrophylla), also known as Big-Leaf Beautyberry Leaf and called Zǐ Zhū Yè (紫珠叶) in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is the dried leaf of a traditional food-herb botanical native to Yunnan, China. For generations it has been prized as a cooling, astringent herb used to support the Liver and Lung channels, helping to clear heat, cool the blood, and settle restless patterns. Its nature is bitter, astringent, and cool, making it a gentle yet focused herb for seasonal wellness and daily herbal preparations.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional food-herb leaf from Yunnan
• Botanical identity: Callicarpa macrophylla
• Bitter, astringent, and cooling in nature
• Enters the Liver and Lung channels in TCM
• 500g bulk pack for teas and decoctions

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully harvested and shade-dried to preserve the leaves' deep green color, papery texture, and faint herbal aroma. When decocted, the leaves yield a lightly bitter, subtly astringent infusion with an earthy green note, and the color deepens to a warm amber-green as it steeps.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Herbal decoctions and daily teas
• Seasonal cooling herbal blends
• Traditional soup and congee additions
• Food-herb wellness routines
• Bulk herbal pantry stocking

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Zi Zhu Ye is decocted alone or blended with other cooling herbs to support the body during warm seasons. It is often simmered into light teas, added to congee, or combined with ingredients like chrysanthemum and honeysuckle for a refreshing daily infusion. In TCM food therapy, it is traditionally used to clear heat, cool the blood, and ease minor seasonal discomfort, and it appears in regional Yunnan preparations as a gentle everyday herb.

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