Butterfly Bush Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Butterfly Bush (Buddleja officinalis), known in China as Mi Meng Hua, is a deciduous shrub of the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, native to the hills of central and southern China, from Hubei and Sichuan to Yunnan and Guangdong, and to northern Vietnam and Myanmar. It grows 1 to 4 meters with arching branches and narrow, lance-shaped leaves that are grey-green above and densely white-felted beneath. In late winter and early spring it carries dense, drooping panicles of small lilac to pale pink flowers with an orange eye and a sweet honey scent that draws early butterflies. The dried buds are tiny, grey, and woolly. We extract the dried flower.