Yuan Fong Ginseng Co

I’ve been coming to this place since I was a child for candied plums and candied peels. This is one of the only places in the I.E. where they have your traditional Chinese medicinal and herbal needs. They have salonpas, tiger balm, eagle green oil and all those typical exterior medicinal things as well as herbs. A new owner has taken over but everything seems to remain the same as before.
I just came back to pick up some of my favorite cough syrup, Nin Jion Pei Pa Koa ($ 5.10 tax included). Nin Jion is the manufacture and Pei Pa Koa is the traditional name and this medicine is made with natural herbs, honey and loquat. The dosage is a tablespoon but I always measure the dosage as one phở soup spoon. The funny thing is that I was visiting my Taiwanese friend at her parent’s place in the SGV and they have the same cough medicine on their counter.
DISCLAIMER: I just want to quickly include that I am not any type of doctor and this medicine is NOT FDA APPROVED but it has been working for centuries so I can care less since it always work with me.
The traditional Chinese doctor/​Herbalist comes on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons if you want to come in for a pulse check and have them prescribe you with some eastern herbs. I actually prefer this over western medicine because it treats you without the side effects and there is a balance of elements in the prescription. For instance some people have too much yin already so to prescribe them with more yin elements it could actually do more harm even if the herbs itself should cure the illness. A better prescription would have yang herbs to balance with the yin herbs to give the body its’ harmony.