Herbal Dispensary
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Bring Your Body Back to Life
A DAO Classic Formula, Free & Easy Wanderer herbal tablets are a foundational Traditional Chinese Medicine formula that has been used for centuries to help calm the mind and body, reduce anxiousness and make you feel happier. It’s also popular for helping regulate the menstrual cycle.
Free & Easy Wanderer is great for:
- Combatting overwhelming stress
- Easing mental tension and constraint
- Addressing PMS emotions
- Calming irritability
- Making you a bit happier
THE FORMULA
Free & Easy Wanderer (Xiao Yao San) is comprised of 8 herbs and is considered a foundational formula in Chinese herbal medicine that has been used for hundreds of years and remains incredibly popular within the Chinese herbal medicine community still to this day. Named after the roaming Dao-ists of times past, who moved in a “free and easy manner” (relaxed and emotionally unfettered), the herbal combination relaxes the mind and spirit.
A DAO Classic Formula, Si Wu Tang (Four Substance) herbal tablets provide a natural but intensively supportive solution to maintain peaceful strength, regularity and on-going support for the female cycle. Particularly helpful for women who experience irregular cycles, the four herbs in Four Substance help create a more natural, peaceful cycle and month.
Si Wu Tang (Four Substance) is great for:
- Supporting on-going cycle regularity
- Helping replenish blood following the cycle
- Creating a more peaceful and natural menstrual cycle
- Harmonizes and normalizes emotions
THE FORMULA
For Substance Decoction, or Si Wu Tang, is a beautiful but powerful combination of herbs that includes White Peoney Root (Bai Shao) which helps harmonize blood and calm the liver during stressful times. Women across Asia look to this combination monthly to help deliver a more peaceful, natural cycle.
Pure Reishi is a mushroom that has been used for centuries in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Often referred to as the "mushroom of immortality" or the "elixir of life," this powerful herb has been used for nearly 2,000 years to reduce stress, boost immunity and support heart health.
Pure Reishi is great for:
- Helping reduce stress
- Boosting immunity
- Cardiovascular health & support
- Anti-inflammatory properties
THE FORMULA
Reishi, or Lingzhi, is a mushroom that has been used for thousands of years in Traditional Chinese Medicine as a symbol of longevity, health, and spiritual power. In earlier times, it was believed to have mystical properties and was often referred to as the "mushroom of immortality," and was only available to royalty and nobility.
A DAO Classics formula, Bounce Back herbal tablets draws on centuries of Chinese herbal scholarship to provide a unique solution to the fevers, chills, body aches and nasal congestion associated with cold season. For centuries, Acupuncturists have understood that it was possible to mobilize the body’s innate resilience to “drive out” these symptoms with specific herbal combinations. These principles inspire the power of Bounce Back.
Bounce Back is great for:
- Fevers, chills and body aches
- Headaches and nasal congestion
- Scratchy, sore throats
WHEN BOUNCE BACK WORKS BEST
Bounce Back can be taken individually, particularly when the unpleasant experiences of cold season set in - chills, stuffy nose, aches and fever, or with its complementary formula, Breathe Clear. Unlike conventional over the counter options which provide only temporary symptomatic relief, Bounce Back works to enhance your body’s own natural restorative abilities, for a quicker recovery and return to your everyday activities.
The Best Time to use Bounce Back is:
- For fever, chills, body aches, headaches, nasal congestion
- For a scratchy, irritated throat
- When you are seeking a natural alternative to synthetic options
A typical course is approximately 3-10 days.
Breathe Clear herbal tablets are inspired by Zhi Sou San, a formula used by doctors of Chinese Herbal Medicine for centuries to relieve coughs, reduce phlegm, and to soothe throat irritations.
The herbs in Breathe Clear have been used across Asia for hundreds of years as a natural solution for a variety of coughs.
Breathe Clear is great for:
- Relieving coughs
- Reducing phlegm
- Opening up the airways
- Supporting the lungs
WHEN BREATHE CLEAR WORKS BEST
Breathe Clear tablets work best for coughs, phlegm, and the throat irritations associated with a cough. Unlike your typical over the counter solutions, which give only temporary relief, Breathe Clear works to mobilize your body’s own natural restorative abilities, leading to gradual, sustained, and lasting improvement.
The Best Time to use Breathe Clear is:
- During the onset of a cough
- To increase respiratory strength
- Help clear phlegm
- In conjunction with Bounce Back
A typical course is approximately 3-14 days.
A Comprehensive Solution for Flu & Cold Season Needs.
- Bounce Back helps your body address cold season symptoms like fevers, chills, aches and sore throats.
- Breathe Clear helps support your lungs and airways, addressing coughs and phlegm.
HOW TO COMBINE BOUNCE BACK & BREATHE CLEAR
From a Chinese herbal theory perspective, cold season needs usually begin on the “exterior” or the surface of the body, what we typically call a “head cold,” presenting with fever, chills, head and body aches, nasal congestion, and a scratchy throat.
At this stage, we recommend you use Bounce Back to mobilize your body’s natural response and accelerate your path to rejuvenation.
If your condition moves “inward” from a Chinese medicine perspective, it typically lodges in the airways, becoming what one might typically recognize as a “chest cold,” with phlegm, an irritated throat, and a cough. At this stage, we recommend that you add Breathe Clear to your regimen.
Immunity Support, inspired by the classic herbal blend Jade Windscreen (Yu Ping Feng San), is one of the strongest forms of immunity defense that has been used for over 750 years and remains of the most popular formulas across Asia still to this day.
It’s the go-to formula for cold and pollen seasons, or anytime one’s immune system needs to guard against airborne pathogens. Enjoy it the way you’d use other vitamin-C powders - this formula just happens to work better.
Immunity Support is great for:
- Cold season
- Pollen season
- Interacting with large crowds
- Teachers & parents
- When you feel something coming on
Digestive Harmony, inspired by the classic herbal blend Preserve Harmony Decoction (Bao He Wan), has quickly become one of our most popular blends, offering a soothing yet powerful solution for balancing one’s stomach, upgrading digestive health, and generally delivering gut happiness when other western options have fallen short. From providing fast digestive balance and harmony after over-indulging or when you’re in an urgent digestive pinch, to offering daily health to keep your stomach settled, Digestive Harmony works quickly through this timeless herbal combination.
Digestive Harmony is great for:
- Stomach, Throat & Digestive Support
- A Sideways Stomach
- After a Night on the Town
- When Urgent Digestive Strength is Needed
- A Bloating and Ballooned Belly
- Bringing One’s Digestion Back to Harmony
Emotional Balance, inspired by the calming, popular and powerful herbal blend Free & Easy Wanderer (Xiao Yao San), offers amazing stress release in a matter of moments. But the formula offers so much more to those who embrace the power of this herbal classic - it brings calmness and emotional clarity, offering stillness to frazzled nerves with a modest energy bump that won’t leave you crashing later.Emotional Balance is great for:
- Combatting overwhelming stress
- Easing mental tension
- Addressing PMS emotions
- Adding a subtle boost of energy
- Calming irritability
- Making you a bit happier
Joint Vitality is inspired by a classic herbal combination that’s been used by acupuncturists and doctors of Chinese herbal medicine for hundreds of years to support the lower back and strengthen joints for added mobility. We’ve offered a modern twist, pairing these herbs with collagen and coconut oil for added strength, flavor and vitality.
Mix with your coffee, add to almond milk, or upgrade your water with this powerful blend that will strengthen your joints and lower back.
Joint Vitality is great for:
- Strengthening Your Lower Back
- Joint Support, Strength & Maintenance
- Increasing Mobility, Naturally
- Active Athletes Seeking Joint Maintenance
- Those Seeking Strength to Support Aging Joints
Mental Tranquility is for the stressed sleeper whose mind won’t turn off in the middle of the night, leaving them stressed, restless and anxious throughout the night and fatigued the next day. Inspired by the classic Chinese herbal bled Return to Spleen (Gui Pi Tang), this natural, non-habit forming formula is designed to quiet the mind and deliver peaceful, uninterrupted rest like you’ve never experienced.
Mental Tranquility is great for:
- A racing mind that won’t turn off throughout the night
- Reducing nighttime anxiousness and stress
- Helping one stay asleep, not just fall asleep
- Increasing mental clarity and focus the next day
- Establishing a quality sleep pattern
Physical Tranquility is for the physically restless and overheated sleeper, who tosses and turns through the night, leaving them agitated and unsettled the next morning. Inspired by the classic Chinese herbal medicine formula Emperor of Heaven Elixir (Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan), this natural, non-habit forming sleep formula is designed to calm and cool the body during the night, delivering peaceful rest and more energy the next day. Used for hundreds of years, we’ve modernized it for a night of quality sleep you’ve never dreamed of.
Physical Tranquility is great for:
- Those who sleep hot in the night
- The physically restless sleeper who tosses and turns
- Those who experience evening agitation before bed
- Women in the menopause phase of their lives
- Establishing a quality, un-interrupted sleep pattern
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