{"title":"Jie Biao 解表 — pungent aromatics, short infusion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe surface (表 Biao) is, in the traditional reading, the first enclosure of the being, where the Wei Qi keeps watch. The “Jie Biao” (解表) family gathers pungent and aromatic matter — warm or cool — which the ancient texts describe as opening and dispersing outwards.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"racine-de-silere-fang-feng","title":"Siler root - 防风 (Fang Feng)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFang Feng translates literally as “that which parries the wind”, a name the plant has borne for a long time. The branched root of \u003cem\u003eSaposhnikovia divaricata\u003c\/em\u003e, with its yellow-brown bark and pale heart, grows in the northern regions of China; it is lifted in spring or in autumn of its second or third year, washed, dried then sliced. The rounds are light and fibrous, marked with concentric rings, and give off a mild, earthy scent, for a taste at first sweet then acrid. They are set to simmer in a broth, about an hour, or infused for ten minutes at 95 °C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827579609427,"sku":"BQ-FANG-FENG-100G","price":6.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/fang-feng-cote-1.jpg?v=1784503409"},{"product_id":"boutons-de-magnolia-xin-yi-hua","title":"Magnolia buds - 辛夷花 (Xin Yi Hua)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe flower buds of \u003cem\u003eMagnolia biondii\u003c\/em\u003e — sometimes \u003cem\u003eMagnolia denudata\u003c\/em\u003e — gathered just before opening, at the very start of spring. Dried as they are, they come as small downy greyish-brown cones whose cottony texture holds the essential oils for a long time. They rank among the most scented flowers of the Chinese repertoire, on a balsamic, resinous note. As an infusion, two or three buds in a bowl of water at 90 °C for five minutes are enough: the scent quickly takes over and covers that of the other flowers in a mix.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827579871571,"sku":"BQ-XIN-YI-HUA-100G","price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/xin-yi-hua-dessus-1.jpg?v=1784503529"},{"product_id":"rameaux-de-cannelle-de-chine-gui-zhi","title":"Chinese cinnamon twigs - 桂枝 (Gui Zhi)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe young twigs of \u003cem\u003eCinnamomum cassia\u003c\/em\u003e, the Chinese cinnamon tree, to be strictly distinguished from Rou Gui, which is the thick bark of the trunk of the same tree. Gui Zhi is the year’s branches, the wood still tender and the bark fine, cut in spring into oblique sections of about three centimetres then sun-dried. They come as small pale brown cylinders, hard, showing at the cut a thin ring of bark around a pale wood; the cinnamon aroma in them is lighter, fresher and woodier than in the trunk bark. They are boiled in broths and mulled wines, or infused for ten minutes at 95 °C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827592126803,"sku":"BQ-GUI-ZHI-100G","price":6.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/gui-zhi-dessus-2.jpg?v=1784503439"},{"product_id":"soja-fermente-dan-dou-chi","title":"Fermented soybeans - 淡豆豉 (Dan Dou Chi)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDan Dou Chi is a preparation of fermented black soya beans (\u003cem\u003eGlycine max\u003c\/em\u003e). The beans are cooked, then set to ferment in contact with aromatic plants — most often mulberry leaves (Sang Ye) and sweet wormwood (Qing Hao) — before being dried. Its name distinguishes it from Xian Dou Chi, the salted fermented soya of the Sichuan and Guangdong kitchens: “Dan” means “light”, that is, unsalted. The beans are brownish-black, wrinkled like raisins, slightly sticky between the fingers, with a discreet ferment smell and a mild taste that turns a little bitter. They are boiled for ten to fifteen minutes in water, on their own or with spring onion, or added by the spoonful to a broth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"200 g","offer_id":53827601203539,"sku":"BQ-DAN-DOU-CHI-200G","price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/dan-dou-chi-cote-1.jpg?v=1784503408"}],"url":"https:\/\/botaqi.shop\/en\/collections\/jie-biao.oembed","provider":"BotaQi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}