Bai Zhu Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Bai Zhu (Atractylodes macrocephala), the largehead atractylodes, is a perennial of the daisy family, Asteraceae, native to the hills of eastern China and cultivated chiefly in Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, and Hubei. It grows 30 to 80 centimeters with erect, branching stems, leathery, sharply toothed leaves divided into three to five lobes, and solitary purple-red, thistle-like flower heads 2 to 4 centimeters across surrounded by comb-like bracts in late summer. The rhizome is a knobbly, fist-shaped lump 3 to 13 centimeters long, grey-brown and wrinkled outside, yellowish-white and fragrant inside with scattered orange oil dots, and tastes sweet then bitter. We extract the dried rhizome.