Chuan Xin Lian Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Chuan Xin Lian (Andrographis paniculata), the king of bitters or kalmegh, is an erect annual of the acanthus family, Acanthaceae, native to India and Sri Lanka and widely grown and naturalized across southern China, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean. It grows 30 to 100 centimeters with square, four-winged stems, opposite, lance-shaped, dark green leaves 3 to 8 centimeters long, and loose, spreading panicles of small white two-lipped flowers marked with purple spots, followed by slender, erect capsules that snap open to scatter tiny yellow-brown seeds. Every part of the plant, and above all the leaf, is extraordinarily bitter. We extract the dried herb.