Five Seasons TCM is a BIPOC-women-owned boutique wellness brand. They’re here to share and modernize the knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) food therapy through educational content, functional products and its’ avant-garde aesthetic.
Each box includes 10, 15g of herbs, to make a pot of tea.
Dampness Reducing
Dampness can be an obstructive force in our bodies, similar to metabolic waste, which can make you feel heavy or find it difficult to lose weight. This tonic bag strengthens spleen Qi, thus transforming dampness and removing turbid materials from within.
Ingredients: Barley 大麦, Azuki beans 红豆, Coix seed 薏米仁, Buckwheat 荞麦, Cape jasmine fruit 栀子, Poria root 茯苓, Euryale ferox Salisb 芡实
Indications: eczema, acne and oily skin, puffy face and eyes, water retention/edema, overweight
Superwoman
Every Superwoman needs her spleen, heart, and liver tended to, especially following her menses. This culinary tonic bag uses famous root herbs used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for its gynecological benefits, particularly for menstrual irregularities. As a “uterine tonic,” it enriches, nourishes, increases, and improves the quality of blood. Best taken around one week before the start of your period to help promote a smoother and easier period.
Ingredients: Astragalus 黄芪, Angelica sinensis (dang gui) 当归, Rose 玫瑰, Jujube date 红枣, Longan fruit 桂圆, Goji berry 枸杞
Indications: pale & dull complexion, fatigue, anemia, dry skin and lips, PMS
Smooth Digestion
Our Smooth Digestion Culinary Bag will help fortify your spleen function and remove liver Qi stagnation (both are key organs in TCM digestion). It will also harmonize the stomach and disperses food accumulation, bringing you back to a state of easy and graceful digestion.
Ingredients: Jasmine flower 茉莉花, Toasted barley 炒麦芽, Aged tangerine peel 陈皮, Chinese licorice 甘草, Hawthorn berry 山楂
Indications: bloating, indigestion, lethargy due to overeating, lack of appetite, overweight/obesity
Throat Soothing
Slightly sweet, silky and cooling, this crafted combination moistens the Lungs, stops coughing, and coats your throat with comfort. It also clears heat, quenches thirst, and reduces dryness.
Ingredients: Snow pear 雪梨, Monk fruit 罗汉果, Scaphium scaphigerum (Malva nut) 胖大海, Aged tangerine peel 陈皮, Chinese licorice 甘草, Bamboo leaf 竹叶, Chrysanthemum 菊花, Osmanthus 桂花
Indications: dry throat, coughing, sore throat, hoarse voice, chronic thirst
Lullaby Calming
You'll be singing yourself to bed with our Lullaby Calming Tonic Bag. With several Shen (spirit) calming herbs, it will help produce a soothing effect and engenders a wonderfully calming effect on the body. It helps nourish your heart, reduce episodes of mood swings, and will lay you down to sleep more peacefully, with consistent use.
Ingredients: Lily bulb 百合, Ziziphi Spinosae Semen (suan zao ren) 酸枣仁, Goji berry 枸杞, Longan 桂圆
Indications: insomnia, anxiety, stressed emotions, nightmare disorder
Better Than Coffee
Whether you're over the anxious jitters from coffee or want a healthier alternative for energy, our Better than Coffee Tonic Bag can support a sustained stream of stamina, focus and clarity. It tonifies both kidney and liver yin and yang, and boosts Qi and Blood. With just a little healthy caffeine from premium green tea, this tonic bag will help you get your work done.
Ingredients: Green tea 绿茶, American ginseng 西洋参, Aged tangerine peel 陈皮, Eucommia ulmoides 杜仲, Mint 薄荷, Goji berry 枸杞
Indications: fatigue, lower back and lower limb soreness, foggy focus and blurry eyes, lack of energy and motivation, difficulty concentrating
Flu Protection
At the first signs of feeling ill or under the weather, our Flu Protecting Tonic Bag will help rectify your Wei Qi or “immuni-Qi.” It will help dispel pathogenic wind that is trying to enter your body and strengthen the exterior layers of your body (your skin and pores), solidifying your body’s immune defense.
Ingredients: Ophiopogon japonicus 麦冬, Mulberry leaf 桑叶, Chrysanthemum 菊花, Aged tangerine peel 陈皮, Astragalus 黄芪
Indications: flu symptoms, low immunity, seasonal allergies
Liver Care
The eyes are the associated sense organ of the liver. Our Liver Care Tonic Bag gently clears heat, resolves dampness, and dispels stasis from your liver meridian and organ, while nourishing your eyes to keep them bright, moist, and filled with spark.
Ingredients: Dandelion 蒲公英, Semen cassiae 决明子, Kudzu root 葛根, Cape jasmine fruit 栀子, Chicory 菊苣, Goji 枸杞, Mulberry leaf 桑叶, Chrysanthemum 菊花
Indications: alcoholism, irritated/ red eyes, anger, hangover, heartburn, trouble or inability to fall asleep, difficulty staying asleep, indigestion
