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Zhi Ke is dried bitter orange peel, unsulfured, which just means nobody touched it.

That's the whole pitch, really. Zhi Ke comes from the peel of Citrus aurantium, picked while it's still green and unripe, then dried the old fashioned way. No sulfur dioxide, no bleaching, no chemical fumigation to keep it looking pretty on a shelf somewhere. It just gets to be a piece of dried orange peel that looks like a piece of dried orange peel. Revolutionary, I know.

MayWay's Plum Flower line sources this the way Chinese herbal traditions have for centuries: raw, whole, and meant to be simmered into a decoction or added to an herbal tea blend. It's not a capsule. It's not a gummy. It's bark colored peel in a bag, and you do something with it. That's the deal.

What Zhi Ke Is Traditionally Used For

In traditional Chinese herbal practice, Zhi Ke has long been valued as a support for the digestive system. It's the kind of herb that shows up in formulas meant to help the body do what it already does, just a little more comfortably.

• Supports healthy digestive function
• Promotes digestive comfort
• Aids the body's normal digestive process
• Traditionally used in Chinese herbal decoctions and tea blends

Unsulfured, On Purpose

Sulfur treatment is common in dried herbs and produce because it keeps color bright and shelf life long. It works. It also means you're adding sulfur to your tea, which, if you think about it for more than one beat, is a strange trade to make for a nicer looking orange peel. This Zhi Ke skips that step entirely. It may look a little less uniform than the treated stuff. That's what "unsulfured" looks like. It's not a flaw, it's just the peel being honest about its age.

How It's Typically Used

Zhi Ke is usually simmered as part of a larger herbal decoction rather than taken on its own, and it's a staple in practitioner formulas and home apothecaries that work with raw Chinese herbs. If you already know why you're buying dried orange peel in bulk, you probably don't need us to explain further. If you don't, this is generally something to use alongside guidance from a qualified herbal practitioner, since raw herbs are typically combined in specific ratios for specific formulas.

This product is sold as a raw herb for traditional preparation, not a finished capsule or extract, and no claims are made here about treating, curing, or preventing any disease or condition. It's just dried peel, doing what dried peel has done in

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.