The inaugural collection
Five herbal teas and three hand-pressed bead bracelets — pre-order now, shipping October 2026.
— Our story
Chinese medicine was never only something you swallow. It was drunk, worn and carried. ŌU keeps both roads open.
Premium first
The highest grade of every herb goes into the tea.
Nothing wasted
What is left over is pressed into the beads you wear.
No mystique
We name the formula. Rock sugar comes in its own packet.
— Where it comes from · 道地药材
One in four Chinese herbs passes through the Bozhou market, and that is where our buying begins. From there we go to the places each herb grows best.
亳州 · 安徽
Chrysanthemum, peony root, tangerine peel
China's oldest herb town — a medicine market since the Han dynasty, and still the country's largest.
中宁 · 宁夏
Goji
Desert-edge fields on alkaline soil — the only goji graded 甲级 by origin.
平阴 · 山东
Rose
Picked at dawn in a two-week window, when the oil in the petal is highest.
新会 · 广东
Tangerine peel 陈皮
Peel from mandarins grown in brackish delta soil, then aged for years, not months.
若羌 · 新疆
Jujube 红枣
Long dry summers and cold nights give the jujube its natural sweetness.
桐柏 · 河南
Poria, jujube seed
Wild-harvested under pine, sorted by hand at the co-op we buy from.
The top grade of every herb goes into the tea; what remains becomes the beads.
How they are made · 药香珠制作
Medicine beads: real herbs and resins, ground and pressed one at a time. No fragrance oil, no plastic core. Body heat releases the formula slowly all day.
Herbs, woods and resins, stone-ground to powder. No fillers, no fragrance oil.
Bound with pear juice, rose water or honey, then kneaded into a soft dough.
Pinched off and pressed in a hand mould, one bead at a time.
Air-dried in the shade for weeks, polished, then strung by hand.
— How to brew · 冲泡方法
Built for a bottle rather than a teapot — make it once in the morning and carry it with you.
A food product, not a medical treatment. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.
One pod per bottle. Whole herbs and fruit, nothing ground down.
Just off the boil. Less water for a deeper cup, more for an all-day sip.
Then drink. Refill the same pod once or twice through the day.
"The body keeps its own seasons. Wisdom is learning to drink with them."
— Adapted from the Huangdi Neijing, c. 200 BCE
Rock sugar, separate
Sweeten to taste, or not at all
No artificial sweeteners
Nothing synthetic, no flavouring
Classical formulas
Built on the TCM canon
Vegan & caffeine-free
Safe for evening rituals
Pick by what the body is asking for: Cool Qi for heat and flare-ups, Golden Earth after heavy meals, Red Bloom for the days around your period, Moon Rest for the hour before bed, Jade Dew for skin. Most people keep two on the shelf and rotate.
One pouch into a bottle, 150–300 mL of hot water, three to five minutes. It is built for a bottle rather than a teapot, and it can be refilled once through the day.
Buying starts in Bozhou, Anhui — the herb town that has traded medicinal plants for nearly two thousand years — and from there we go to the places each herb grows best: goji from Ningxia, rose from Shandong, aged peel from Xinhui, jujube from Xinjiang.
They are medicine beads: whole herbs, woods and resins ground to powder, mixed and bound with pear juice or rose water, then pinched off and pressed one at a time in a small hand mould — no fragrance oil, no plastic core. Body heat releases the formula slowly, so the scent builds as you wear them.
The teas are food, not medication. Rock sugar is included in a separate packet so you can sweeten to taste, and there are no artificial sweeteners. If you are pregnant, nursing or taking blood thinners, check with your doctor first — Red Bloom in particular is not suitable during pregnancy.
It is our first release, and everything on the site belongs to it: 1,000 boxes of tea in total, and 100 pieces of each of the three bracelets. When they are gone, they are gone.
Everything on the site is pre-order at one fixed price — no discounts. Shipping is free over $65 and $6.90 otherwise, and you will get a note with a date before anything is charged for delivery.
