Are you wondering where to buy chinese herbs? Let me recommend a place online.
I get the occasion questions from visitors about where they can buy good quality chinese herbs.
When I first wrote about chinese herbs, I didn't foresee this question. Perhaps it was because of the place I am in. Chinese medicinal halls are ubiquitous here and even the supermarkets carry pre-packed herbal soups. As such, I never thought that I need to say where to buy them.
Initially, I tell visitors to go to their chinatowns or look for asian grocery shops. However I didn't feel very comfortable about that because I can't tell whether they will have a good shopping experience or get good quality herbs.
So, I started searching diligently for a good online retailer who also do international shipping. Many that I came across were only selling herbal powder and pill supplements, not the dried and cut herbs themselves.
Finally, I found www.1stchineseherbs.com. The company was established in 1994 and expanded into chinese herbs in 1999. They positioned themselves as a wholesale distributor for manufacturers, doctors and herbalists. By 2003, they were carrying more than 1500 chinese and western herbs. They may not have the smartest looking website, but I can tell they have passion for preventive and alternative health.
They created a Magic of Chinese Soups page just for me. I told them which chinese herbs I refer to in my website and recipes and they put these together on the same page so that my readers do not have to wade through hundreds of herbs just to find the ones needed to make a nice pot of healthy chinese soup. Unfortunately they do not have the manpower to do any pre-packing according to recipes.
They are now offering visitors of homemade-chinese-soups.com a 10% discount on their products (excluding books and ginseng). All you need to do to claim your discount is to enter "CHINESESOUPS" into the Coupon Code box located at the Shopping Cart page. In addition, they offer free shipping in Continental USA if your order is over US$40.00.
Now I can tell people where to buy chinese herbs.
Finally, I would like to disclose that I do receive commissions from 1stchineseherbs for sales that originates from me. I hope you don't mind.
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