Mayway

Mayway has been importing and manufacturing authentic Chinese herbal formulas in Oakland since 1969, back when most Americans thought herbal medicine meant chamomile tea and crystals. The Plum Flower brand alone covers hundreds of classical TCM formulas (Curing Pills, Free and Easy Wanderer, Huo Xiang Zheng Qi, you know the ones) plus the Bamboo Pharmacy professional line and Min Shan teapills. Practitioner-grade dispensary herbs, ConsumerLab-tested teapills, formulas that haven't been reformulated for marketing reasons in five decades. Browse the categories below, organized by traditional TCM function the same way an acupuncturist's pharmacy would be.

Release The Exterior

Wind cold, wind heat, the first cough of fall

Clear Heat

Internal fire when the body forgets to cool off

Drain Downward

Moves what should not be staying

Harmonize

Liver and spleen agreeing to share the office

Moisten Dryness

For the desert version of being human

Expel Damp

Drain what the body should not be storing

Warm Interior

When the middle burner forgets how to make tea

Tonify

Qi, blood, yin, yang, all four if you're tired

Regulate Qi

For energy that needs traffic control

Invigorate Blood

Move stagnation, dispel bruises, restart circulation

Stabilize & Bind

Hold what should stay held

Calm Spirit

Shen formulas for the mind that won't sit down

Expel Wind

External wind from the skin, internal wind from within

Dispel Phlegm

Transform what the lungs and spleen leave behind

Reduce Food Stagnation

When dinner does not move along on schedule

Bulk Single Herbs

The raw alphabet, pinyin by pinyin