Description
Potential Health Benefits:
Banlangen is a Traditional Chinese Medicine famous for its antiviral and healing properties. Helps with inhibiting influenza virus, commonly used to treat headache, common cold, sore throat, cough and sinuses (upper respiratory tract infections), infections of the glands that make saliva. It is also used for encephalitis (swelling of the brain caused by infection, liver disorder, lung infections, digestive tract infections, prostate cancer, AIDS/HIV. Helps relieve arthritis, joint pain, redness, swelling, gout and pain in general, aid with inflammation of the limbs cartilage and spine. It also helps with certain illnesses like mumps, chicken pox, psoriasis, measles, pharyngitis, tonsil problems.
清熱涼血消腫
治療流行性感冒, 急性傳染性肝炎
Taste:
Slightly sweet, bitter
Other Note:
Freshly harvested Banlangen can be stir-fried, with garlic, shallot and fresh chillies, just like any other vegetables.
Also known as Radix Isatidis
Soak Time: 8H
Growing Medium: Soil
Harvest Height: 5cm onwards
