Fresh Herbs (中草药)

More than 170 individual herbs, sold loose by weight: roots, barks, seeds, flowers, fruits and fungi. This is the heart of the shop and the part that is hardest to find elsewhere in Australia — most of these are ingredients rather than finished products, bought by people cooking to a prescription or making a family soup.

Buying loose herbs

Everything here is listed under its English name, its pinyin and its Chinese characters, so you can search whichever way you know it. Where a herb has a botanical name in common use, that is listed too — Davallia mariesii, Nelumbo nucifera — because prescriptions and reference books do not always agree on the common name.

Herbs are stored in our Campsie shop and packed when you order rather than sitting pre-packed. If you need a quantity we don’t list, ask.

Holding a practitioner’s prescription slip you can’t match to a product? Send us a photo and we’ll identify it for you.

Traditional use information is provided for general education only and is not medical advice. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Consult a qualified practitioner before use, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medication or managing a health condition.