Longan / Dragons Eye

Longan – The Softener

Frequency: Heart & Third Eye Chakra
Origin: Thailand / Vietnam / China
Taste Profile: Juicy / Floral-Sweet / Grape-Like
Availability: All year

Energetic Properties:
Eases emotional tension and overthinking
Invites softness, clarity and inner calm
Supports the release of stored emotion and gentle reflection

Physical Benefits:
High in iron, vitamin C and calming antioxidants
Supports blood nourishment and nervous system repair
Used traditionally to calm the spirit and promote restful sleep

Longan or Dragon’s Eye is a small, translucent fruit with a smooth brown shell and a delicate sweetness. Its energy is gentle and yin, cooling, calming and inward-facing. We source ours from Thailand, Vietnam and China, where longan trees are cultivated in warm, balanced soil using low-intervention methods passed down through generations.

Longan is known as a heart softener. It is ideal during times of emotional digestion, deep rest or when the nervous system is overstimulated. Unlike fruits that energise or purify, Longan helps the body and mind settle, return and reflect.

Its primary energetic influence moves through the heart and third eye chakras, opening emotional perception while allowing the mind to slow. In some individuals, particularly when emotional weight is being released, it also touches the root chakra, helping the system ground safely during the process.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine and Southeast Asian ceremonial meals, Longan has long held a place in healing broths, blood-strengthening tonics and moon offerings. It continues to be used as a fruit of calm, clarity and emotional nourishment, not just for the body, but for the spirit as well.

This is fruit for unwinding. For softening into presence. A companion when the world becomes too loud.