Wu Jia Pi Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Wu Jia Pi (Eleutherococcus nodiflorus, long listed as Eleutherococcus gracilistylus) is a deciduous shrub of the ivy family, Araliaceae, native to central and southern China, where it grows in thickets and forest edges on hillsides and along streams. It reaches 2 to 3 meters with slender, arching, sparsely prickly branches and palmate leaves of five glossy, finely toothed leaflets. Small greenish-yellow flowers in umbels are followed by round black berries. The root bark is peeled, rolled and dried as thin greyish-brown quills with a faint aromatic scent. We extract the dried root.