Products

Since the beginning, TCM Formulas has continued to provide high quality Chinese herbs in both granule and tincture forms to practitioners throughout the United States. Our aim is to provide you and your patients with high variety, high quality herbs that can be personalized for you patient’s case and sent in a short period of time with the least amount of effort required by you.

We Offer a Pharmacy of Powders and Tinctures:

We believe the availability of two different forms of herbs provides you and your patient with a choice to ensure better compliance. Granules and tinctures tend to be a good balance of effectiveness/potency with practicality to easily fit into your patient’s life. Besides patient preference, the two forms provide other benefits as well. Tinctures are typically recommended for those with severe digestive issues because the alcohol component allows for the herbs to enter the body throughout the bloodstream rather than the digestive tract ensuring full absorbability/ assimilation of the herbs. Therefore, those patients who have difficulty digesting and assimilating the needed properties of foods and herbs should take this form. Granules are typically better than the tincture form for those patients with a lot of heat (because alcohol in the tinctures can add heat), or for those who cannot ingest alcohol.

Powders:

Powders (also known as granule extracts or granulars) are 5:1 concentration. This means that each gram of powder equals the potency of 5 grams of raw herb in decoction. When patients make raw herb teas at home (also know as decoctions), errors or irregularities in the cooking process often lead to a significant loss of potency. Because powders are prepared under the strictest laboratory conditions, powders are actually much stronger than the numbers suggest. Each batch of powders is tested to assure that it provides a minimum of active ingredient per gram. Therefore, powders can be used at a slightly lower dose than raw herbs.

Our granule pharmacy consists of over 300 single herbs manufactured by Treasure of the East as well as KPC and Min Tong- some of the most respected producers of concentrated Chinese herbs in the world with state-of-the-art facilities and GMP (Good Manufacturing Process) certification.

Proper Dosing for Powders:

Because many practitioners are trained in raw herb dosages, the easiest way is to write out your prescription in raw dosages and we will convert it into granular dosage for you. In order for us to do this, we need you to indicate the total number of grams needed (this can be found by multiplying your patient’s daily dose by the number of days you would like them to take the formula).  A patient’s daily dosage should be converted into grams to fill the formula and provided for the patient in the measurement of “scoops” (each formula is sold with a scoop for your patients dosing).

Typical Daily Doses:

6-12g/day usually taken as 3-6g 2x/day and converted into patient instructions as 4-8 scoops/day usually taken as 2-4 scoops 2x/day.

(*Please note, our main line, Treasure of the East, is a coarser powder equaling approximately 1.5g/scoop.)

List of Powders we sell

  • You can view our list of powders by clicking here Powder 2010 web.
  • If you would like to order an herb from us that is not listed, we would be more than happy to start carrying it in our pharmacy to better serve you and your patients.

Price of Powders:

In order to keep our pricing as simple as possible for you and your patients, we charge a flat-rate of 20 cents/gram of any herb ordered in a formula. If ordering single herbs, the price is based on the cost of the herb itself. Please contact us for pricing of single herb purchases.

For any practitioner ordering within the state of Rhode Island, a 7.00% sales tax will be added.

Shipping: We don’t believe in jacking up shipping costs as shipping is already so expensive. All orders are sent USPS priority mail unless otherwise requested. Orders received before 3pm EST are sent out same day. Shipping is dependant upon the destination and weight of the package. On average, granulars cost $4.95 to ship across the united states. We do not charge any extra filling fees or handling fees.

Order Powders:

  • If faxing: please click here Powder Order Form
  • If emailing/calling in: Be sure to include Patient Name, Shipping Address, total grams ordered, patient daily dosage in scoops for label, formula with each herb dosage (we will assume this is in raw dosage unless otherwise indicated).
  • Refills: A refill is a formula without changes to individual ingredients or individual herb dosages. You can simply request a refill without filling the forms out again as we store every formula ordered by patient name and formula name for up to 2 years.
  • If you’d like to order online: Visit our brother site at www.herbanpharmer.com

How to take Powders

Please refer to our FAQ page for any further questions about Powders. If you do not see your question listed, feel free to contact us.

Liquids:

Our liquid formulas are manufactured by Far East Summit who utilizes a patented dual extraction process generating a 5:1 or 8:1 herb to liquid ratio. The liquid formulas are processed to retain essential oils, energetic activity and the subtle tastes of the five flavors which are so often lost through other preparation methods. Far East has over 15 years of herbs processing experience. They follow GMP (Good Manufacturing Process) and SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) standards. We carry classic formulas in liquid form that can be combined.

Proper Dosing for Liquids:

High dosage= 6 dropperfuls 2x/day

Medium dosage= 4-5 dropperfuls 2x/day

Low dosage= 3 dropperfuls 2x/day

(based on standard extract of 5:1)

(note that 1 “dropperful”= 1 full squeeze of the pipette when it is submerged in the liquid solution filling it approximately half-way)

*Please note: Far East recommends 1-3 droppers (one squeeze of the dropper bulb fills it half way and is considered 1 dropper) 3x/day. This is equivalent to the standard dosing of a raw formula. However, we recommend dosages of 4-6 droppers 2x/day suggesting a slightly higher daily dose. We also believe dosing less frequently per day increases patient compliance.

List of Liquids we sell:

Price of Liquids:

Our liquids are sold in three sizes (1oz, 2oz, 4oz) and two concentrations (5:1, 8:1)

Standard (5:1):

1oz= $8.00 2oz=$15.00 4oz=$28.00

Superconcentrate (8:1):

1oz=$14.00 2oz=$26.00 4oz=$52.00

Mixed (combination of 5:1 and 8:1 concentrations):

1oz=$12.00 2oz=$22.00 4oz=$46.00

For any practitioner ordering within the state of Rhode Island, a 7.00% sales tax will be added.
Shipping: We don’t believe in jacking up shipping costs as shipping is already so expensive. All orders are sent USPS priority mail unless otherwise requested. Orders received before 3pm EST are sent out same day. Shipping is dependant upon the destination and weight of the package. On average, liquids cost $5.50 to ship across the united states. We do not charge any extra filling fees or handling fees.

Order Liquids:

  • We suggest to combine a max of 3 different formulas in one prescription. Please indicate the ratio of each formula (eg ¼, 1/3, ½, 2/3, ¾).
  • If faxing: please click here for our liquid order form fax order form
  • If emailing/calling in: Be sure to include Patient Name, Shipping Address, liquid formulas, ratio of each formula and patient daily dosage in dropperfuls.
  • Refills: A refill is a formula without changes to individual ingredients or liquid ratios in combination. You can simply request a refill without filling the forms out again as we store every formula ordered by patient name and formula name for up to 2 years.
  • If you’d like to order online: Visit our brother site at www.herbanpharmer.com

How to take Liquids:

Please refer to our FAQ page for any further questions about Liquids. If you do not see your question listed, feel free to contact us.

Natural Slumber:

In addition to our specialized pharmacy products, our unique formulated sleeping tincture, Natural Slumber, is one of our top sellers. Natural Slumber was designed by the co-founder of TCM Formulas, Lynda Harvey, OMD, LAc. This product is manufactured by Far East Summit and exclusively sold by us.

This product is a natural alternative to sleeping medicines. It was designed to be appropriate for the 5 basic zang-fu insomnia patterns (Sp qi & Ht xue xu, Liv xue xu, Ht/Kd/Liv yin xu, Ht & Kd not communicating, some yang rising, but not useful for St disharmony patterns).

  • Warning: Use with caution in patients with excess heat or hot phlegm accumulation. Caution in pregnancy since Suan Zao Ren can stimulate contraction of the uterus.
  • Ingredients: Polygala root (Yuan Zhi), Polygonum root (He Shou Wu), Zizyphus seed (Suan Zao Ren), Biota seed (Bai Zi Ren), 18% grain alcohol.

Instructions for prescribing and dosing Natural Slumber:

For Intractable Insomnia:

Take for a minimum of 3 weeks before evaluating its effect or judging the outcome (it’s been shown to take up to 3 weeks to break a psychological pattern). Suggest 1-3 more months of use after the desired result is achieved before discontinuing (to stabilize a psychological pattern).

Take 2-3 dropperfuls 30-60 minutes before bed. If any grogginess occurs in the morning after, do not decrease the dosage, but take it 3 hours before bed instead.

For Mild Periodic Insomnia:

Take as needed

See above instructions for intractable insomnia.

For anxiety:

Natural Slumber can also be taken in the daytime for treatment of anxiety. Take 1-2 dropperfuls as needed.

Price of Natural Slumber:

  • Sold in 2oz size bottles only
  • 2oz= $16.00

Ordering Natural Slumber:

  • Simply indicate the number of bottles and shipping address.