Herbal Remedies & Wellness Blog

Fresh water, one bag, a saucer over the cup and three to five minutes. How to make a cup of Fei Yan Tea properly, when people drink it, how to...

Loads of people drink Fei Yan every day and have never once turned the box round to read the side. Fair enough, it's tea. But if you've ever held a...

Today is World Mental Health Day, and we want to say something plainly before anything else: no herbal supplement treats a mental health condition, and we won't be publishing a...

Chinese herbal medicine can be daunting from the outside. The names are unfamiliar, the formulas contain eight or ten ingredients each, and the logic behind them isn't obvious if you're...

Acupuncture Explained: What It Is, What to Expect, and What the Evidence Says Acupuncture is the part of Chinese medicine that made it to the West. Most people in Britain...

Ginseng: Which Type Is Which, and Why It Matters Ginseng is one of the most recognised names in herbal medicine and one of the most confusing things to actually buy....

The Gender Health Gap and a Tradition That Closed It Nine Centuries Ago The gender health gap has become a mainstream conversation in Britain. Women report being dismissed, conditions like...

Some classical Chinese formulas are famous for their elegance and economy. Ba Zhen Tang is famous for the opposite reason: it's a formula built by combining two other celebrated formulas...

If Chinese herbal medicine had a hall of fame, Liu Wei Di Huang Wan would have been inducted centuries ago. It is among the most famous formulas in the entire...

Few health topics have dominated the last few years like GLP-1 medications. Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro have moved from specialist prescriptions to household names, and the conversation around weight has...

Few things wear a person down like broken sleep. The lying awake, the 3am wide-eyed staring, the mornings that start tired. It's no surprise that natural sleep remedies are among...

Yu Ping Feng San is one of the oldest and most respected formulas in Traditional Chinese Medicine's approach to immune health. Its name translates as "Jade Windscreen Powder", and that...