Kang Hua Trading Company

This is my favorite Chinatown herbal pharmacy in San Francisco. Prices are reasonable, and as far as I can tell, the quality of the herbs are good. (Relative to some very noticeably crappy herbs I’ve gotten elsewhere.) The shop is neat and clean, and the herbs look fresh.
They also offer a grinding service if you need certain herbs ground into powder. Not every herbal pharmacy will do that for you. This is useful for me, because I need certain herbal formulas powdered for external application.
The TCM doctor is pretty good. He tends to be quick – get you in and out, as he has many customers. You may not get very much privacy with him either, as a random patient may just pop in to say hi. Obviously, he has many fans. I’ve had good results from this doctor for acute conditions like hives. One thing I don’t like so much is that he tends to give you mysterious little pills along with the herbal formulas. After taking the pills a few times, I told him I didn’t want them anymore, so I just got the herbs. I still got results. I hope that he isn’t secretly dispensing pharmaceuticals.

Where I get all my drugs.
I can hardly ever find this place but when I do the people who work here are always friendly and take their time to explain what would be my best option. In a neighborhood full of medicine shops I go here first.