Guest guest Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Does anyone know of a source for high quality herbs in Beijing? Organic would be best, if they exist there in the marketplace. Thank-you, Marian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I don't know of any " organic " herbs here, I think they are mostly exported. Tong Ren Tang åŒä»å ‚ is the best quality we can get here, at least as far as I know.  Thomas Beijing, China Author of Western Herbs According to Traditional : A Practitioners Guide Check out my blog: www.sourcepointherbs.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 , wrote: > > I don't know of any " organic " herbs here, I think they are mostly exported. Tong Ren Tang åŒä»å ‚ is the best quality we can get here, at least as far as I know. I agree that Tong Ren Tang is generally one of the best recommendations for Beijing, but the raw herbs they use to fill formulas in the upstairs pharmacy are usually still a little scrappy. Tong Ren Tang really specializes in fancy premium ginseng and velvet antler, authentic niu huang, etc. For raw herbs used in common prescriptions, their stuff is usually average at best. I wish I had a better recommendation for you. I lived in Beijing for a few months but I never really saw any premium pharmacies there. I'm sure that some local doctors could refer you to a good shop, but finding nice herbs in an average pharmacy in Beijing is ironically much harder than in San Francisco. I think you'll find that very few Chinese herbs are available in a certified organic form, no matter where you look. Many herbs are wildcrafted and many are locally grown with traditional techniques, but certified organic is only available for maybe one or two dozen products. I've never seen the words organic and Chinese herbs together in Beijing, but I was only there for a couple months so I'm not the best person to answer the question. The best place for herbs near Beijing is Anguo. It takes a driver and a 4-5 hour trek each way, but Anguo is an herbal city that has thousands upon thousands of vendors. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Thank you, Eric. As usual, a very informative post. Marian , " Eric Brand " <smilinglotus wrote: > > , > @> wrote: > > > > I don't know of any " organic " herbs here, I think they are mostly > exported. Tong Ren Tang åŒä»å ‚ is the best quality we can get here, > at least as far as I know. > > I agree that Tong Ren Tang is generally one of the best > recommendations for Beijing, but the raw herbs they use to fill > formulas in the upstairs pharmacy are usually still a little scrappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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