Traditional Chinese medicine is one of the oldest medicine systems on Earth. Almost nothing written about it was written for you.

For a long time your only options were a nine-hundred-page textbook written for practitioners, or a supplement page trying to sell you something. Neither explained what you were taking or why.

An unrolled classical Chinese medical text beside a wooden tray of dried TCM botanicals, including red jujube dates, goji berries, and sliced astragalus root

Your health has more than one path

TCM is one option among many, and it deserves to be just as easy to explore as anything else.

We start with the truth

Field Guide covers botanicals and classical formulas in plain English, checked against the same texts practitioners study. 200+ botanicals. 19 formulas. If something fits you, we say so. If it doesn't, we say that too.

A close-up of an open antique Chinese apothecary cabinet drawer holding herb packets labeled with handwritten Chinese characters

Built for the curious, not the credentialed

Maybe gua sha showed up on your feed. Maybe a friend put you onto it, or your grandmother always made the tea anyway. However you got here, Field Guide is where you go next.

We're building a home for TCM

A place where every botanical and formula is explained in plain English. A place where the sourcing is real. A place where, when you're ready for more than an explanation, you can find someone qualified to guide you.