Torreya Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Torreya (Torreya grandis) is the Chinese nutmeg yew, an evergreen conifer of the yew family, Taxaceae, native to the mountains of eastern China, where it grows in mixed forests and is cultivated in Zhejiang for its edible seeds. It grows 15 to 25 meters with yellowish-brown bark and flat, stiff, sharp-pointed needles arranged in two rows along the twigs. The seed, known as fei zi, is oval, about 2 to 3 cm long, enclosed in a fleshy green aril that turns purple-brown when ripe, with a thin woody shell around an oily kernel. We extract the dried nut.