Legendary Herbs

12/05/2021

I am doing a lecture on granules today, it is a fundraiser for the Oregon Association of Acupuncturists. If you are interested in learning more about the current trends in Asia regarding granule dosage, formulation approaches, and manufacturing, please join us!

The OAA is happy to welcome back Eric Brand for a seminar on December 5! Eric will be covering how to maximize the clinical efficacy of granules. As granules are a relatively new development in Chinese herbal medicine, and many practitioners remain uncertain about issues related to dosage and formulation styles. Join us and gain a better understanding of granule dosage and formulation strategies!

To sign up, please visit: https://www.oregonacupuncturists.com/events/clinical-efficacy-of-granules/

01/31/2021

Join us for a fun webinar on a rare Gold Rush era collection of Chinese herbs! http://legendaryherbs.com/188769-2

12/15/2020

I was surprised to see that our interview made it to the front page of the China Daily today?!

Eric Brand is translating a classic of traditional Chinese medicine into English in hope of promoting wider use of TCM around the world.

05/09/2020

A fresh update on the impact of COVID-19 on the Chinese herbal supply chain (early May, 2020): http://legendaryherbs.com/update-on-covid-19s-impact-on-the-chinese-herbal-supply-chain-phase-two-early-may-2020/

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03/14/2020

Many people have been asking about the influence of the coronavirus on the Chinese herbal supply chain, so I wrote a blog to cover some of the key issues:

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08/25/2019

A special temporary exhibit of the treasures stored in Taiwan

07/30/2019

We updated our website to illustrate the steps involved in making our granules:

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07/05/2019

The Ben Cao Pin Hui Jing Yao （本草品彙精要) was completed in 1505 AD. It was produced for a Ming Dynasty Emperor and was illustrated by hand by artists from the Imperial Palace. However, after the Emperor died, his doctors were executed and their book was kept from the world in the Forbidden City, only to be discovered much later. We went to the national library in Rome to see one of the world's few intact original copies, which was acquired by Italian Jesuits during the Qing Dynasty.

04/25/2019

some photos from a recent trip to visit the farm that grows our Ba Ji Tian

Our ba ji tian is grown in a pristine region of Guangxi province on several mountainsides. The ba ji tian in the photos here is cultivated exclusively for Tianjiang, along with a crop of niu da li that is grown on the same mountainside.

04/25/2019

Our ba ji tian is grown in a pristine region of Guangxi province on several mountainsides. The ba ji tian in the photos here is cultivated exclusively for Tianjiang, along with a crop of niu da li that is grown on the same mountainside.

09/07/2018

Here is a paper that I helped with recently, the lead author is my academic sister (we share the same teacher), Liang Li. It is a bit technical, but it is an in-depth investigation into the effects of traditional pao zhi processing on the chemistry of he shou wu.

Polygoni Multiflori Radix (PMR, Heshouwu in Chinese), derived from the tuberous roots of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb., is a widely-used Chinese medicinal material. For traditional clinical use, raw PMR (RPMR) is processed by nine cycles of steaming and drying to generate processed PMR (PPMR); RPMR a...