‘How Do I Survive?’: Tariffs Threaten U.S. Market for Traditional Chinese Medicine

Dispensary owners say a protracted trade war would harm a niche but popular sector in which imported herbs are prescribed to treat colds, pain and other ailments.Kamwo Meridian Herbs in Manhattan claims to be the largest traditional Chinese medicine dispensary on the East Coast. Many of the herbs it sells can’t grow outside China and must be imported.