Looking partner for import herbal leaves 🍃 from sri lanka 🇱🇰

Im from sri lanka 🇱🇰. This is what my family grow in sri lanka . Can somebody help me to do the business in uae with this.. im currently live in dubai . So if someone can help me with this . I can get licensed from sri lanka .

u/Savings_Ad7114 — 3 days ago
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A traditional eye-care & cooling herb you might not know about: Sessile Joyweed (Alternanthera sessilis)

In traditional Ayurvedic and South Asian wellness systems, there is a leafy green that has been used for centuries primarily for eye health, hair vitality, and overall body cooling: Sessile Joyweed (Alternanthera sessilis), locally known as Mukunuwenna.

While water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) gets plenty of global attention for culinary stir-fries, this specific herb is valued far more for its medicinal profile.

Traditional Uses & Nutrients:

Vision & Eye Strain: Traditionally prescribed in herbal broths/porridges to soothe tired eyes and maintain visual clarity.

High Micronutrient Density: Packed with iron, calcium, beta-carotene, and natural antioxidants.

Cooling Tonic: Commonly brewed into herbal porridge (mixed with roasted red rice and coconut milk) or dried into herbal teas to reduce internal body heat.

How It's Prepared:

1 Fresh: Lightly sautéed with grated coconut and shallots (Mallum).

2 Herbal Porridge: Leaves blended, strained, and simmered with herbal broth.

3 Dried / Tea: Dehydrated at low temperatures to preserve chlorophyll and steeped as a daily tonic.

Has anyone here experimented with tropical green superfoods like this, or incorporated similar warming/cooling traditional leafy greens into your herbal routine? Would love to hear your experiences with regional herbal broths!

u/Savings_Ad7114 — 3 days ago