Fox Nuts -- Where to buy in Pa./NJ?

[Guest guest]

I'm looking for 1/2 cups' worth of " fox nuts " (chieh shek) and have

been on the phone and Internet all morning trying to find what they

are and where I can get them. Does anyone have any idea or a

reliable supplier?

 

I've called 3 grocers (2 Asian, 1 Indian) that are close, and tried

to call a recommended herbal shop in NYC (it doesn't exist . . .

recommended from an herbal book I just bought!), tried Wegman's and

other stores. No one's heard of them, much less where to get them.

 

So I'm appealing to this list. I'm trying to make 4 ingredient

barley soup this weekend (fu ling, barley, parsley, fox nuts), and

just need these nuts. They're recommended in a book by Letha Hadady,

D. Ac., to eliminate phlegm and dampness.

 

Any help you could offer would be wonderful. Many thanks.

 

 

Glenn

[Guest guest]

Do you know the pharmaceutical name of fox nuts? That would make the

search easier.

[Guest guest]

I Googled for " fox nuts " , and found this:

 

http://www.asiafood.org/glossary_1.cfm?

alpha=F & wordid=2644 & startno=1 & endno=25

 

 

 

 

 

Fox Nut

 

 

Seeing a packet labelled 'fox nuts', my curiosity was aroused and I

bought it, intending to find out more about how it is used. All the

shopkeeper could tell me was that it is used in soup.

 

The 'soup' referred to is actually a herbal brew which older

generations of Chinese prepare for the family about once a week. The

parents of today's young adults complain that no longer is this

preventive measure taken as seriously as it used to be. If prepared

at all, it is much less frequently. The purpose is to cleanse and

tone the system, the Chinese school of medicine believing strongly

that prevention is better than cure.

 

Medicinal uses: Chinese grocery stores sell various mixtures known

as ching bo leung (meaning a formula which will clear the system,

pamper and enrich). Among the ingredients of the herbal mix are fox

nuts (chieh shek).

 

Fox nuts are used to strengthen the kidneys and enhance sperm

production. They are prescribed to vitalise the appetite, relieve

hip and knee pain with swelling, and prevent premature ejaculation.

 

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You might be able to find more information - like where to buy them

by Googling for different parameters.

[Guest guest]

Hi glenn

 

" Fox Nuts " are called Qian shi (chian shrr--pronounciation) in

Chinese. They are the seeds of the Euryales Ferocis plant and fall

into the catagory of herbs which Stabilize and Bind. They Strengthen

the Spleen, Stabilize the Kidneys and Expel Dampness. Their common

name, Fox nut barley, is not listed in Bensky and the only reason I

knew this name is because I ordered some and that name was listed on

the package from MayWay Herbs in CA. You will most probably have to

be a practitioner to get them through the mail but you might try the

several Chinese grocers again armed with the correct PinYin. To

indentify--they are a burgundy red color with some white and are

usually split open with white centers. About the size of pistachios

without the shell and they are pretty much round. I liked them in my

soup, no bad taste and worked really well in the combo I used. Good

luck.

 

Shanna Cowell L.Ac.

 

acupuncture , " apchat2000 " <apchat@m...> wrote:

>

> I'm looking for 1/2 cups' worth of " fox nuts " (chieh shek) and

have

> been on the phone and Internet all morning trying to find what

they

> are and where I can get them. Does anyone have any idea or a

> reliable supplier?

>

> I've called 3 grocers (2 Asian, 1 Indian) that are close, and

tried

> to call a recommended herbal shop in NYC (it doesn't exist . . .

> recommended from an herbal book I just bought!), tried Wegman's

and

> other stores. No one's heard of them, much less where to get them.

>

> So I'm appealing to this list. I'm trying to make 4 ingredient

> barley soup this weekend (fu ling, barley, parsley, fox nuts), and

> just need these nuts. They're recommended in a book by Letha

Hadady,

> D. Ac., to eliminate phlegm and dampness.

>

> Any help you could offer would be wonderful. Many thanks.

>

>

> Glenn