Bai Bu Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Bai Bu (Stemona sessilifolia, listed in our catalog by the Latin trade name Radix Stemonae Sessilifoliae) is a perennial herb of the Stemonaceae family, native to eastern China from Shandong and Jiangsu to Zhejiang and Anhui, and to Japan. Unlike its twining relatives Stemona japonica and Stemona tuberosa, which share the Chinese name, it grows erect to 30 to 60 centimeters, with whorls of three or four oval leaves and small pale green flowers in the leaf axils. Below ground it forms a cluster of spindle-shaped, fleshy tuberous roots 5 to 12 centimeters long that dry wrinkled and yellowish-white with a bitter, slightly sweet taste. We extract the dried root.