{"title":"Qing Re 清热 — bitter matter of cool nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeat (热 Re) names, in the traditional reading, what rises, dries and stirs when the balance tilts towards Yang. The “Qing Re” (清热) family gathers matter of cold or cool nature, often bitter — leaves, flowers and roots that the classical texts set against this side, at the heart of the summer decoctions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"boutons-de-chrysantheme-sauvage-ye-ju-hua","title":"Wild chrysanthemum buds - 野菊花 (Ye Ju Hua)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe wild chrysanthemum (\u003cem\u003eChrysanthemum indicum\u003c\/em\u003e), smaller and yellower than its cultivated cousin, grows of its own accord in the hills of China. Its flower heads, picked in bud then dried, stay small and tightly closed, of a deep yellow. In the mouth they are distinctly more bitter and more pungent than cultivated Ju Hua, whose scent stays mild and floral: it is the bitterness that separates the two flowers and decides their use, Ju Hua for the infusion of pleasure, Ye Ju Hua for fuller-bodied mixes. Three or four buds in a bowl of water at 85 °C, three minutes, colour the infusion a straw yellow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827580199251,"sku":"BQ-YE-JU-HUA-100G","price":7.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/ye-ju-hua-dessus-2.jpg?v=1784503531"},{"product_id":"chevrefeuille-du-japon-jin-yin-hua","title":"Japanese honeysuckle - 金银花 (Jin Yin Hua)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJin Yin Hua means literally “gold and silver flower”: the buds of \u003cem\u003eLonicera japonica\u003c\/em\u003e open white then turn golden yellow within the same day, so that the two shades sit together on the one stem. They are picked at the very start of spring, before they fully open, and dried quickly in the shade, which keeps their pale colour and their scent. Dry, they are fine curved tubes, pale yellow to ivory, very light in the hand. As an infusion, a spoonful of buds in a bowl of water at 85 °C for three to four minutes gives a clear liquor, floral and barely bitter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"50 g","offer_id":53827580559699,"sku":"BQ-JIN-YIN-HUA-50G","price":7.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/jin-yin-hua-dessus-2.jpg?v=1784503437"},{"product_id":"fruits-de-forsythia-lian-qiao","title":"Forsythia fruits - 连翘 (Lian Qiao)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fruits of \u003cem\u003eForsythia suspensa\u003c\/em\u003e, that bush with brilliant yellow flowers which announces spring in Asia. They are harvested at two moments: still green in summer (Qing Qiao), or ripe and brown in autumn (Lao Qiao). Dried, they open into two woody valves that draw a small hollow heart and sometimes let their winged seeds escape. The green ones are firmer and more bitter, the ripe ones milder and woodier. As an infusion, a spoonful of fruits for a bowl of water at 95 °C for eight minutes; they also stand up to the long cooking of a broth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827580658003,"sku":"BQ-LIAN-QIAO-100G","price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/lian-qiao-dessus-3.jpg?v=1784503497"},{"product_id":"pissenlit-dent-de-lion-pu-gong-ying","title":"Dandelion (Lion’s tooth) - 蒲公英 (Pu Gong Ying)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Chinese dandelion (\u003cem\u003eTaraxacum mongolicum\u003c\/em\u003e), a close cousin of our European dandelion, is harvested whole — root, leaves and flowers — in spring, when the plant is in full growth, just before the flower heads run to seed. Dried in the shade, it keeps a fresh vegetal scent and a clear bitterness; the cut lengths mix the brown of the root, the dark green of the leaves and the faded yellow of the flowers. As an infusion, a spoonful in a bowl of water at 95 °C for five minutes gives a golden and frankly bitter liquor, readily softened with a little honey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827580789075,"sku":"BQ-PU-GONG-YING-100G","price":7.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/pu-gong-ying-dessus-4.jpg?v=1784503500"},{"product_id":"herbe-de-hedyote-bai-hua-she-she-cao","title":"Hedyotis herb - 白花蛇舌草 (Bai Hua She She Cao)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHedyotis diffusa, whose Chinese name means “white-flowered snake tongue” in reference to the narrow, lance-shaped form of its leaves, is a modest herb that grows in mats in the damp zones of southern China. Harvested in summer when it flowers, dried whole, it comes as finely branched tufts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827580854611,"sku":"BQ-BAI-HUA-SHE-SHE-CAO-100G","price":6.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/bai-hua-she-she-cao-cote-1.jpg?v=1784503406"},{"product_id":"scutellaire-barbue-ban-zhi-lian","title":"Barbed skullcap - 半枝莲 (Ban Zhi Lian)","description":"\u003cp\u003eScutellaria barbata, a cousin of Huang Qin but used whole (and not its root alone), is that small labiate with two-lipped blue-violet flowers which grows in the marshy zones of southern China. Harvested in summer, dried whole in tufts, it keeps a slightly bitter savour and a green colour preserved by careful drying.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"50 g","offer_id":53827580920147,"sku":"BQ-BAN-ZHI-LIAN-50G","price":4.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/ban-zhi-lian-dessus-1.jpg?v=1784503406"},{"product_id":"salsepareille-de-chine-tu-fu-ling","title":"Chinese sarsaparilla - 土茯苓 (Tu Fu Ling)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe rhizome of Smilax glabra, not to be confused with Fu Ling (the fungus Poria, an entirely different thing), comes as flat slices of a creamy white, sometimes with pink glints. Harvested in summer or in autumn in the forests of southern China, it gives off a very mild scent and an almost neutral, faintly sweet savour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827581051219,"sku":"BQ-TU-FU-LING-100G","price":6.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/tu-fu-ling-dessus-1.jpg?v=1784503530"},{"product_id":"racine-disatis-ban-lan-gen","title":"Isatis root - 板蓝根 (Ban Lan Gen)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe root of \u003cem\u003eIsatis indigotica\u003c\/em\u003e, the plant whose leaves — Da Qing Ye — give indigo blue. Grown for two years before being lifted in autumn, the root is washed, dried then cut into rounds with a grey-brown bark and paler flesh, floury in appearance. It is light, brittle, of a discreet scent and a sweet taste that turns bitter. It is one of the most widespread roots in China, where it is sold in slices everywhere. It is set to simmer in a broth, about forty minutes, or infused for ten minutes in water at 95 °C; it is often softened with a little rock sugar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827581477203,"sku":"BQ-BAN-LAN-GEN-100G","price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/ban-lan-gen-cote-1.jpg?v=1784503406"},{"product_id":"centella-asiatica-gotu-kola-ji-xue-cao","title":"Centella asiatica (Gotu Kola) - 积雪草 (Ji Xue Cao)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe aerial part of \u003cem\u003eCentella asiatica\u003c\/em\u003e, a creeping plant of the damp tropical and subtropical zones of Asia, known from India to Sri Lanka under the name gotu kola. Its heart-shaped leaves, as wide as a coin, and its fine stems form mats at ground level. It is cut several times in the year and dried in the shade, which keeps its green colour and its fresh vegetal scent. Dry, it is light and brittle, of a herbaceous, slightly bitter taste. As an infusion, a spoonful for a bowl of water at 90 °C, five minutes; it also goes into broths, where its herbaceous note stays discreet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827592094035,"sku":"BQ-JI-XUE-CAO-100G","price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/ji-xue-cao-cote-1.jpg?v=1784503439"}],"url":"https:\/\/botaqi.shop\/en\/collections\/qing-re.oembed","provider":"BotaQi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}