The Amazing Medicinal Benefits of Yarrow Flower
Posted by 1st Chinese Herbs on Jul 11th 2019
Yarrow Flowers are packed with wonderful benefits. How does one decide where to begin with such a pleasant plant? It's a flower that's often used as a tea by herbalists and tea-fans alike. It's just packed to the petal with lots of great uses and benefits. It's been used in traditional medicinal cultures around the world, but especially by Native Americans. It's native to regions with a temperate
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Our Shopping Guides are Live!
Posted by 1st Chinese Herbs on Nov 9th 2018
Our store is fully stocked with a huge number of herbs, but we've managed to wrangle a group of them into a few shopping guides. These guides are great for folks just shopping for herbs for the first time, but also long time herb enthusiasts looking for easy groupings of some of the most popular herb categories. We hope you find them useful! We have really helpful guides like The Money Saver
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Tea and Longevity
Posted by 1st Chinese Herbs on Jan 12th 2016
NPR discussed the benefits of teas in their article Tea Tuesdays: Tea-Drinking Tips For A Longer Life. A project called Blue Zones is studying communities with the highest concentrations of centenarians (people who live to be 100 years or older) on earth. Drinking tea seems to be an essential component of life in the regions where longevity is common.Some of the teas discussed in the article
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