adaptogen.

Jiaogulan, the five-leaf sweet tea vine of southern China, steeps into a pale jade cup that opens bitter and finishes surprisingly sweet: an afternoon tea in place of the second co

$17.50

Bacopa monnieri, the brahmi of Ayurvedic tradition, hand-cut, shade-dried and milled into simple capsules: one each morning with breakfast.

$19.50

Shatavari, the tuberous root of Asparagus racemosus, grown in Madhya Pradesh, shade-dried and milled to a pale ivory powder: a rasayana of Ayurvedic tradition, stirred into warm mi

$21.50

Prepared fo-ti root, steamed with black bean liquid until near-black, then milled to a powder that smells of molasses and dried fig.

$27.50

A deep tea-brown tincture of eleuthero, the hardy shrub of the cold forests of the Russian Far East and northeast China, slow-extracted over six weeks for a morning ritual.

$22.00

Coins of six-year-old Panax ginseng root from Jilin province, slowly air-dried and hand-sliced, to simmer with jujube dates or tuck into a slow-cooked broth.

$36.00