Zhi_Ruo Posted December 2, 2017 at 11:32 AM Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 at 11:32 AM I'm at the beginning of my journey with Chinese cooking and need some help identifying this ingredient. I see it popping up in some medicinal soups and the Chinese name is 五指毛桃。The best translation I've found for this is 'Five Fingers Peach' and I read online it might be some type of ginseng? I wish my Mandarin was good enough to understand the cooking sites on Baidu, Google translate is horrific. If anyone is familiar with the proper English name, flavor, and use of this herb, I'd really appreciate some insight so I better understand how to use it aside from my one soup recipe. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted December 2, 2017 at 12:17 PM Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 at 12:17 PM Welcome to the forum @Zhi_Ruo -- I've never used that herb, but I saw it called "root of the hairy fig" in a couple of places. I'll ask around Monday; see what I can find out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhi_Ruo Posted December 2, 2017 at 12:19 PM Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 at 12:19 PM @abcdefg Google that name is bringing up a lot more information, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Jiang Posted December 3, 2017 at 12:20 AM Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 at 12:20 AM The name "五指毛桃" is correct. Here's what I found on Baidu:五指毛桃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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