Tianchi Lotus Root Powder

Tianchi Lotus Root Powder

Tianchi Lotus Root Powder is a protected geographical indication product.

　　　Tianchi Lotus Root Powder is a specialty of Ziyang, Sichuan. It is produced in Lezhi County, Ziyang City. Lotus root is widely cultivated in Lezhi County, but that grown around Tianchi Lake at the foot of Yanshan Mountain is the most renowned. The Tianchi lotus root is thick, tender, fragrant, and considered top-quality among lotus roots. Tianchi Lotus Root Powder features a light reddish-white color, fine and smooth texture. When mixed with boiling water, it turns into a semi-transparent gel-like paste, aromatic, sweet, and mellow, offering benefits such as aiding digestion, promoting saliva production, clearing the heart and improving vision, nourishing marrow and blood, as well as calming the nerves and relieving irritability.

　　The protected geographical indication production area of Tianchi Lotus Root Powder covers 22 current administrative regions in Lezhi County, Ziyang City, Sichuan Province, including Tianchi Town, Shifo Town, Huilan Town, Shituan Town, Tongjia Town, Baolin Town, Dafu Town, Liangan Town, Zhonghechang Town, Laodong Town, Zhongtian Town, Foxing Town, Panlong Town, Dongshan Town, Tonglv Town, Gaosi Town, Longxi Township, Quansheng Township, Kongque Township, Longmen Township, Shuanghechang Township, and Fangsheng Township.