Codonopsis seeds herb Dang Shen seed

LATIN NAME: Codonopsis pilosula

COMMON NAME: Dang Shen

The dang shen is the gentle tonic root of the old practice, and the small, bell-shaped flowers hang like the little bells of the meadow. The twining, clambering, perennial plant carries the ovate to lanceolate leaves and the small, nodding, bell-shaped, greenish-yellow flowers with the purple markings through the summer, and the thick, forking roots have a very long record in the old practice of the East as the gentle tonic. The plant is a fine, quiet presence of the herb garden and the wild patch. It is a plant of the open, sunny to partly shaded, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The dang shen is a gentle, old subject of the plant science, and the bell-shaped flowers keep showing up in the work on the codonopsis group. The chemistry of the thick, forking roots, which have a very long record in the old practice of the East, has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the tonic roots, the adaptogenic herbs and the members of the bellflower family. The twining, clambering habit and the small, nodding flowers have also made it a fine study plant, and the dang shen is a regular subject of the work on the gentle tonic roots of the East.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The dang shen is a fine, quiet plant of the herb garden and the wild patch. The thick, forking roots have a very long record in the old practice of the East as the gentle tonic, and the small, bell-shaped, greenish-yellow flowers hang through the summer, one of the fine, quiet sights of the meadow edge. The plant twines through the neighbouring stems, and it is one of the fine choices for the herbal bed and the wild patch of the cool garden. It has been written about in the botanical and the herbal papers for the bell flowers and the very long record of the root, and it is a fine, quiet plant of the open, sunny to partly shaded, well-drained garden.

The dang shen is one of the gentle tonic roots of the East, and the small, bell-shaped flowers hang through the summer. The twining stems clamber through the neighbouring growth of the meadow edge.

To grow the dang shen from seed, sow the small, brown seeds on the surface of a pot of sterile seed compost, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently. The seedlings appear within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun or the light shade and the well-drained ground, the bell flowers will hang through the summer.

Codonopsis is for increasing body energy.