Xu Chang Qing Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Xu Chang Qing (Cynanchum paniculatum) is a slender perennial of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, native to China, Japan and Korea, where it grows on sunny grassy slopes, in open woods and along field edges. It rises 30 to 60 cm on unbranched, erect stems with pairs of narrow, lanceolate, almost linear leaves, and in summer bears loose clusters of small, yellow-green, star-shaped flowers followed by slender horn-like pods that split to release silky-tufted seeds. The thin, fibrous, yellowish-brown roots carry a distinct scent of vanilla and wintergreen from paeonol. We extract the dried root.