Source: Mountain Rose Herbs_x000D_
Origin: China_x000D_
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Standardized: fo-ti_x000D_
Other: fleeceflower, zhi he shou wu_x000D_
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Polygonum multiflorum Thunb._x000D_
Plant Family: Polygonaceae_x000D_
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OVERVIEW_x000D_
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fo-Ti is one of the herbs used to nourish the heart and calm the spirit. It has red stems, heart shaped leaves and either white or pink flowers. The literal English translation of its name is “vine to pass through the night.” With a distinctive sweet yet bitter taste, fo-ti was thought to unblock the channels of energy through the body, allowing the escape of the pathogenic influences that cause generalized weakness, soreness, pain, and fatigue. Depending on the method of processing, there are four different types of Fo-Ti on the market: raw, cured, wine, and steamed. Raw and cured are the most used, and the ones mostly imported into the US. Another use of the herb is bringing color back to graying hair.
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