What is a Teapill?

The teapill gets its name from the way that raw herbs are low temperature brewed into a “tea” which is later formed into a small round pill called a teapill. They’ve been manufactured in Asia in this form for almost 100 years! Many of our Bamboo Pharmacy products are available in teapill form - think of a teapill like a little ball of condensed herb juice. That’s a very simplified statement, but when you think of it as molded herb extracts instead of medicine, it begins to make sense why you will sometimes need to take 8 of them at a time!

To begin the teapill creation process, the raw herbs are brewed at a controlled low temperature to extract the herbal goodness. This may include essential oils, vitamins, color, extracts, and flavors that are part of the herb itself. The “tea” is then vacuum sealed into extractors to ensure the herbal mix does not lose its potency. The extract is then further concentrated into a paste which is then blended with one or more powdered herbs to form an herbal dough. The dough is formed into small balls, the balls are machine spun, and are then coated with a fine layer of edible wax to allow for easy swallowing and preservation of freshness (without the addition of preservatives!). The final results are small round balls of herbs ready for your medicine cabinet.