Traditional Chinese herbal formulas

Rooted in tradition.
Made with care.

Small-batch herbal formulas, ground to a powder and bound with local honey. A family practice that began in an Oakland Chinatown herb shop in the 1980s.

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Why Merit Herbs

Small batches

Every formula is made in small batches, so each one is prepared with attention.

Herbs and honey only

Herbs ground to a fine powder and bound with local honey. Nothing else is added.

3,000 years of tradition

Drawn from Traditional Chinese Medicine and the classic formulas behind it.

A family practice

Sandra’s own blends, carrying on the work her father began in Oakland Chinatown.

Meet your herbalist

Sandra

Second-generation herbalist · B.S. and M.S., Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, South Baylo University

“To my father, healing was personal and honest work, rooted in service to his community.”

In the mid-1980s her father opened Merit Herbal Shop, a storefront of nearly 300 square feet in Oakland Chinatown. He checked pulses, examined tongues and prepared remedies by hand. Sandra grew up translating for his patients after school, and today she carries the tradition forward, one person at a time.

How it’s made

Herbs, stone and honey

The herbs are ground to a powder and bound with local honey. Nothing is added to make it keep, and nothing is added to make it sweet.

  1. 1

    Weighed

    Herbs measured to Sandra’s formula.

  2. 2

    Ground

    Milled to a fine powder.

  3. 3

    Bound

    Rolled with local honey into small pellets.

  4. 4

    Taken

    With warm water, as part of your daily routine.

A wooden beehive in a meadow of wildflowers, with bees at the entrance

Our honey

One local beekeeper

The honey comes from one local beekeeper working on his own. Single source, so we know exactly what is in it. Buying it keeps a small operation going and keeps bees on land that is being built over.

Northern California lost a great many hives to the fires.

Formula spotlight

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