Chinese Tinospora Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Chinese Tinospora (Tinospora sinensis), known in China as Kuan Jin Teng, is a deciduous climbing vine of the moonseed family, Menispermaceae, native to southern China, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia, where it twines over trees and walls. Its stems grow several meters long, with pale, corky, warty bark and long, thread-like aerial roots that hang down from the branches toward the ground. The leaves are broad, heart-shaped, and softly hairy, 7 to 14 centimeters across, and the small greenish-yellow flowers in slender racemes are followed by glossy red drupes. Cut stems show a pale, porous, wheel-like cross-section and taste bitter. We extract the dried twig.