Description
🚚 The fastest delivery time : 3-5 day delivery.
🐝 Supplier / Origin : Fa Liu Farm / Tai Po, Hong Kong
🔖 Certification : ZFP Restore Fund Supported Farm
🌱 Supplier introduction : Fa Liu is Ms. Liu Ting Chun, a teacher of the Green herbal medicine class. She has been managing a private farm for ten years. Green (绿藤) joined the organization in the last year, 💚Hope to transform into a #lifeeducationfarm that combines folk wisdom and promotion of physical and spiritual health, practicing #regenerative farming and #community integration experience 💚
The characteristic of Fa Liu is the quiet valley scenery, rich biodiversity, and natural mountain streams passing through. There are more than 100 kinds of horticultural flowers and Chinese herbal medicines planted in the field, and the seasonal vegetable fields are being cultivated one after another, and we are constantly learning from the obstacles. 🌱
As a farm being rebuilt by hand, a farm with rich biodiversity, it is worth visiting and learning with partners: how can we transform the farm by ourselves, and how should we face other life besides crops...
🛍 Product Information :
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Houttuynia cordata is considered to be cold in nature. Its juice, dried form, and used to make tea are believed to clear heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and drain pus. It is used for lung abscesses with purulent sputum, phlegm-heat cough, dysentery, urinary tract infections, and carbuncles and boils. Houttuynia cordata is believed to have heat-clearing and detoxifying properties, and currently, various oral medications are produced and used. There are also Houttuynia cordata injections and sodium houttuynin injections (a single chemical component). These are used for phlegm-heat cough, urinary tract infections, and dysentery.
Fish Mint is the dried or fresh whole herb (with roots) of the perennial saururaceous Houttuynia cordata, with purplish-red or green stems, cordate leaves, and a fishy odor when crushed. Slightly cold in nature, pungent in taste, entering the lung meridian. It clears heat and detoxifies, resolves carbuncles and discharges pus, promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria. Mainly treats lung carbuncle with purulent sputum, phlegm-heat cough, heat-toxin carbuncles, and painful urinary dribbling.
Houttuynia cordata Cultivation Method (with illustrations)
1. Growing Environment
🌞 Light: Partial sun to full sun (4–8 hours daily)
🌡️ Temperature: 15–30°C (Heat and cold tolerant, can overwinter above 0°C)
🌱 Soil: **Prefers moist and waterlogged conditions**, fertile clay soil or paddy field is best (pH 5.5–7.5)
2. Propagation Method
Illustrated steps: Division (fastest) 🌱 Dig up rhizomes → Cut into sections → Replant 1. **Spring (March–May)** Dig up rhizomes with buds.
2. Each section is 10–15 cm (2–3 nodes), planted obliquely with a spacing of 20 cm.
3. Cover with 3–5 cm of soil and water thoroughly. Cuttings\n ✂️ Stem cutting → Insert into moist soil → Rooting\n1. Cut healthy stem segments (15 cm), remove lower leaves.
2. Insert into moist soil or paddy field; roots will form in 7–10 days.
3. Planting Steps
1️⃣ Land Preparation → Deep Tillage + Composting
2️⃣ Furrowing → Plant Spacing 20cm, Row Spacing 30cm
3️⃣ Cover with Soil + Flood 2–3cm (Paddy Field Method)
4️⃣ Or Keep Moist (Dryland Method)
Illustration: Paddy Field Planting Diagram
💧💧💧💧💧 Shallow Water Layer
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🌱──🌱──🌱──🌱 Rhizomes Horizontally
╱___________╱ Soil
4. Daily Management
Key Points: Watering (as shown in the diagram) Keep moist or shallow water; tolerant of waterlogging but not drought. 💧💧 Normal moisture → OK. Fertilize monthly, mainly with nitrogen fertilizer (to promote stems and leaves). Apply urea to paddy fields. 🌿 + 🧪 Nitrogen fertilizer is not needed in paddy fields during cultivation. In dryland farming, loosen the soil and weed monthly. 🪴 After harvesting, prune and apply fertilizer. Harvesting can continue for 3-5 years. ✂️ Afterwards → Fertilize. Fewer pests and diseases are possible. Pay attention to aphids (use soapy water) and damping-off (drainage). 🐛 → 🚿
5. Harvesting and Utilization
Harvesting period: Can be done year-round, but summer and autumn are best for tender stems and leaves.
Method:
Cut the top 15-20 cm (leaving the base for regeneration).
For harvesting with roots, dig up the rhizomes and wash them clean.
Uses:
Cold salad, stir-fry, decoct (for clearing heat and detoxifying).
Freshly pounded and applied externally to treat boils and carbuncles.
Illustration: Harvesting Diagram
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🌿 ← Trim tender stems
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🌱 🌱 Root regeneration
Tips:
High-yield mode: Paddy field planting, 3-4 harvests per year, yielding 2-3 kg per square meter.
Removing fishy smell: Blanch for 30 seconds or stir-fry with garlic.
Medicinal grade: Choose the "wrinkled leaf" variety with purplish-red stems and a strong fishy smell for best results.
Preventing spread: Use large pots with drainage holes for potted plants to prevent root spread.
Location: Tai Po, Hong Kong
Farm Size: 28,700 sq.ft / 0.6 acres
Produces Grown:
Mulberry, lemon, papaya, coffee beans, watercress, daikon, carrot, coriander, lettuce
Regenerative Practices to Implement:
Mulching, compost application, alley cropping, nutrient management
Carbon Sequestration Potential: 2T CO2
Supply Period： From November To December
🥗 Recipes (English Version)：
Notes
Ornamental and edible flowers in pots generally require a combination of warmth, sunlight, and fertilizer. They are not suitable for cultivation in most urban areas, unless you have a sunny rooftop or a village house. Planting them may not be suitable for every home. If you want to increase their survival rate, consider violets and orchids, ornamental flowers that are more suitable for urban cultivation.
