Nine-Steamed, Nine-Processed Polygonatum Herbal Material Ready-to-Eat Tea

Nine times steamed and nine times sun-dried, the ordinary herb is transformed into an elixir of immortality. Polygonatum sibiricum must undergo this process to absorb the essence of the sun and moon to the full, thus ridding itself of the raw, astringent taste of herbs and turning into a jet-black, moist and glossy state. This is an ancient method passed down by Sun Simiao, the King of Medicine in the Tang Dynasty, which transfigures this common herb into the "Wu Ji Zhi"—the name echoes Wu and Ji of the Heavenly Stems, symbolizing the spirit of the central earth, and the herb can harmonize the five zang-organs and unblock the triple energizer. Du Fu once sighed: "With polygonatum to dispel white hair, behold its power to grant you a face as fair as ice and snow in time", a line that lays bare its miraculous effect of preserving youthful looks and restoring vitality.