Lady’s Thumb | Gāng Bǎn Gūi

$1.68 – $2.22

Categories: Chinese Medicine, Pagan Herbs

Out of stock

a.k.a.: Mile-A-Minute, Devil’s Tail, Giant Climbing Tearthumb, Asiatic Tearthumb

Magickal Properties: Love, Control over your emotions, Self Care/ Self Love

Always consult a physician before using herbal products, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or on any medication(s). These herbs, resins, roots, flowers, and powders are meant to be used for spell and ritual work.

Lady’s Thumb | Gāng Bǎn Gūi

$1.68 – $2.22

Lady’s Thumb is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family. It is a trailing herbaceous annual vine with barbed stems and triangular leaves. It is native to most of temperate and tropical eastern Asia, occurring from eastern Russia and Japan in the north, and the range extending to the Philippines and India in the south. P. perfoliata is an aggressive, highly invasive weed.

In Europe, Persicaria perfoliata is included since 2016 in the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern (the Union list). This implies that this species cannot be imported, cultivated, transported, commercialized, planted, or intentionally released into the environment in the whole of the European Union.

Lady’s Thumb is an edible species. Its tender leaves and shoots can be eaten raw or cooked as a salad green or vegetable and its fruit is sweet and can be eaten fresh.