Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang - Chinese Peony & Licorice Combination, 100gm,(E-Fong)

I am very glad I found this product in powder form. I prefer not to take extra material if I do not have to. I also did not want to buy separate herbs and blend them myself. I wanted to know I was getting the one to one ratio.I have found that this works best brewed into a tea. It does not dissolve easily if you try to stir immediately after adding hot water . I have found this works best to leave it sit in the hot water for five minutes then stir. Then it dissolves just fine.I have only been using this for a few months, and it takes a long time to see a difference. I will continue using this and see how it works. But in terms of the quality, I have no complaints at all. The container is sealed with shrink wraped plastic around the outside, and a plastic seal that goes over the top under the cap. I have never noticed any inconsistency in quality at all. I have purchased eight of these so far. I would recommend.

I just got this and noticed that the serving size is 1 gram. However, the included scoop holds 16 grams (yes, I weighed it after the tare). I don't understand why they would include such a large scoop. How much should one be using each day? This seems rather deceptive to me.I did a search on studies for Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang and found a 15 person study that gave 6 gr per day, which seemed to help most of the people in the study, so that's what I'm using now. This seems a reasonable amount (turns out to be by volume a smidgen less than 1/8 tsp. The study is here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih. dot gov/12943175/

So I got the tea yesterday and have had a couple cups since then... This tea is RIDICULOUSLY SWEET. I looked all over the listing and inspected the jar multiple times and nowhere does it say that there's a sweetener in this product or what kind of sweetener it is. Honestly, the tea itself doesn't taste bad at all, but that sweet aftertaste seriously nauseates me. I don't know if I'll be able to keep drinking this stuff....

Great product.

Maybe it’s just a matter of principle, but I assumed that it would be a 50-50 blend, since that’s what I read in the product description. Other than that, it arrived promptly and in good shape. We’ll see how it works over the next week or so.

good stuff