Product Overview
Origin
The dry ripe fruit of botan-lianoid plant Aristolochia contorta Bge. or A. debilis Sieb.et Zucc. of family Aristolochiaceae.
Location
The Aristolochia contorta Bge. from northeast of China and Hebei province in China, the A. debilis Sieb. et Zucc. from Jiangsu, Anhui and Zhejiang provinces and so on in China.
Harvest
Collect in autumn when the color of fruit turns into yellow.
The actual smell and taste
Special smell, slightly bitter taste.
Best quality
Dry, oval, intact, yellowish green, without impurities, no worm eaten and without mildew.
Processing
Dried in the sun; unprocessed or stir-baked with honey.
