Chui Pen Cao Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Chui Pen Cao (Sedum sarmentosum), the stringy stonecrop or graveyard moss, is a creeping succulent perennial of the stonecrop family, Crassulaceae, native to China, Korea, and Japan, where it carpets rocks, old walls, and roof tiles, and widely planted and escaped as a groundcover in the United States. Its thin, trailing, reddish stems root wherever they touch and carry whorls of three narrow, fleshy, pale green leaves about 2 centimeters long. In early summer the mat is covered with flat clusters of small, bright yellow, five-pointed star flowers. The fresh plant is crisp, juicy, and faintly sour to the taste. We extract the dried herb.