The Perfect Pairing for Yoga-Based Wellness: Cannabinoids and Traditional Chinese Medicine

If you’re passionate about yoga and wellness, chances are you’ve dabbled in a few holistic health practices. Whether it’s mindful breathing, plant-based diets, or natural remedies, you’re constantly on the lookout for ways to optimize your health. But have you ever considered incorporating Cannabinoids and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to further connect with the healing power of nature? If not, you’re in for a treat. These natural remedies offer a powerful way to elevate your well-being, bringing balance, calm, and healing into your daily practice.

You don’t have to go on a long search to find the perfect formulas to support this lifestyle. Dragon Hemp has you covered! We blend the ancient wisdom of TCM with the modern benefits of CBD and CBN to create unique formulations designed to help you thrive.

CBD (cannabidiol) and CBN (cannabinol) are cannabinoids derived from the hemp plant and they offer distinct benefits. You’ve probably heard a lot about CBD, but CBN is just as special, especially when it comes to supporting relaxation and sleep.

CBD is known for its anti-inflammatory, calming, and pain-relieving properties. It works by interacting with your endocannabinoid system, which helps regulate stress, pain, and mood. Whether you’re dealing with tight muscles after yoga or trying to quiet your mind for meditation, CBD can be a great ally.

THC, known for its relaxing, mood-enhancing, and restorative properties, interacts with your endocannabinoid system to promote balance and relaxation. In a wellness routine or yoga practice, THC can help deepen the mind-body connection by relieving physical tension and quieting mental chatter. Whether you’re looking to ease sore muscles after an intense session or enhance your meditation, THC can be a powerful companion on your wellness journey.

CBN is a rising star in the wellness world, particularly for promoting deep relaxation and better sleep. It’s mildly sedative and can be a game-changer if you’re looking to improve your rest. After a long day or a powerful yoga session, CBN can help you sink into restorative sleep, allowing your body and mind to rejuvenate fully.

Traditional Chinese Medicine is all about balance. It views the body as an interconnected system where harmony is key. When any part of the body or mind is out of sync, it can lead to discomfort or illness. TCM uses herbs, acupuncture, movement (like Tai Chi), and diet to restore this balance, focusing on the flow of Qi (life energy) throughout the body.

TCM is especially aligned with yoga, as both practices aim for holistic health—connecting the mind, body, and spirit. In TCM, the goal is to balance your Yin and Yang, the two opposing forces that control your health. When one is out of whack, it can lead to stress, poor sleep, or even physical pain. The herbs used in TCM help balance these forces, promoting overall health and wellness.

Combining CBD, CBN, and TCM with your yoga practice could be the ultimate way to boost your health journey.

Here’s how they work together, and the best product pairing for your practice:

Pre-Yoga Calm & Focus

Best pairing: Calming Gummies & Wellness Tincture

Life can be chaotic, and getting into the right mindset for yoga isn’t always easy. Whether you’re coming from a long day at work or juggling personal commitments, stress and distractions can weigh heavy on your mind. Taking CBD before your yoga session can help quiet the mental chatter, making it easier to focus on your breath and movements. Our Calming Gummies & Wellness Tincture offer a pure dose of CBD to center your practice.

During Yoga: Enhancing the Mind-Body Connection

Best pairing: Leisure Gummies

Yoga is all about connecting your mind with your body, and that connection can be deepened with the right support. CBD paired with THC can reduce any lingering physical tension, making it easier to achieve those deep stretches and asanas (poses). It relaxes your muscles and helps enhance your connection of mind and body, while keeping you present and focused. For a little extra escape and pain relief to help you sink deeper into your stretches–both physically and mentally–the hemp-derived THC in our Leisure Gummies is the perfect match.

Post-Yoga Recovery: Soothe & Heal

Best pairing: Cooling Balm & Recovery Tincture

After a fulfilling yoga session, recovery is just as important as the practice itself. This is where CBD, CBN, and TCM truly shine. Post-yoga, your body may feel a bit sore, especially if you’ve challenged yourself.

Immediate following a strenuous session, Dragon Hemp’s Cooling Balm is a must-have! Infused with CBD and TCM herbs like Corydalis, Cajeput and Myrrh, this balm offers almost immediate relief for sore muscles and joints with a refreshing cooling sensation and extended relief as your skin absorbs the herbs. For lasting relief from inflammation and soreness the next day, Recovery Tincture is infused with full-spectrum CBD and other powerful Chinese herbs–now 50% while supplies lasts.

Into the night: Continue your calm

Best pairing: Sleep Tincture

When it’s time to wind down for the night, CBN steps in as your sleep superhero. The potent Sleep Tincture helps your body naturally relax and recalibrate your circadian rhythm. Pairing CBN with calming TCM herbs like licorice root, poria and schisandra fruit can promote deep, restful sleep, helping your body repair and rejuvenate.

What makes Dragon Hemp stand out is the thoughtful combination of CBD, CBN, and TCM in every product. We don’t just throw these ingredients together—all of our formulas are practitioner crafted based on decades of experience to target specific wellness goals. Each blend is designed to enhance your practice, improve recovery, and promote long-term balance.

Premium Sourcing

Dragon Hemp uses hemp grown in the U.S. under stringent conditions, ensuring the plants are free from harmful chemicals or contaminants. This leads to higher purity and potency in their products.

Full-Spectrum CBD

Many Dragon Hemp products feature full-spectrum CBD, containing a wide range of cannabinoids and terpenes that work together for enhanced effects. This “entourage effect” maximizes the benefits of CBD, especially when it comes to sleep, pain relief, and anxiety reduction.

Synergistic Formulations

Dragon Hemp combines CBD & CBN with traditional Chinese herbs like schisandra fruit, sour jujube seed, lovage root and poria, boosting the overall therapeutic effects. These ingredients work in harmony to target stress, inflammation, and recovery.

Explore our Ingredients Index to dig deeper into the benefits of each herb.

Rigorous Testing

Dragon Hemp products undergo third-party lab testing for potency and safety, ensuring consistent and reliable outcomes for customers.

Innovative Applications for Every Routine

With a variety of forms, from Gummies to tinctures, topicals and capsules, Dragon Hemp ensures optimal absorption and ease of use, so users can experience the desired benefits of CBD, THC and traditional Chinese medicine more quickly and effectively.

At Dragon Hemp, we’re not just about products—we’re about helping you feel like you best self again. Whether you’re new to CBD, CBN and TCM or have been using these natural remedies for years, we invite you to join us on this journey. 

Our goal is to support you in living your best, healthiest life—one that’s aligned, balanced, and full of vitality.

Dragon Hemp is the practitioner-founded apothecary that produces plant-based therapeutics formulated with a proprietary blend of next-generation botanicals and time honored herbal remedies.

For people seeking treatments that give relief & address the root cause.

Our herbal remedies are innovative and user-friendly, with wellness benefits that are effective & accessible to everyone.

So you can feel like yourself again.

Kevin Menard, LAc., is the leading practitioner in Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine on the East End of Long Island, with clientele ranging from business executives and fitness professionals to wellness gurus and weekend warriors.

As he cultivated his practice, Kevin began integrating CBD & other cannabinoids, native botanicals, and herbs into his treatments, addressing conditions like pain, musculoskeletal injuries, insomnia, overall wellness, and so much more. 

Following the promising results from his herbal and CBD-infused treatments, Kevin expanded his work, introducing Dragon Hemp to support patient wellness beyond his clinic's walls.

Our Apothecary in Sag Harbor, New York was conceived as a beacon of rejuvenation and wellness in the Hamptons. Much more than a dispensary, at the core of the Dragon Hemp Apothecary is a commitment to education and understanding the benefits of time-honored herbal remedies synthesized with today’s advancements in cannabinoid research. 

Offering an array of products designed to align with the wellness needs of the Hamptons community, the store seeks to bridge the gap between ancient wisdom and modern applications, making herbal medicine more compatible with our lifestyles today. Our unique apothecary in Sag Harbor not only represents a physical space but also embodies Dragon Hemp's ethos of premium, all-natural, effective wellness solutions, drawing from the rich heritage of the Hamptons and the innovative spirit of New York.

Not your conventional dispensary, our first-of-its-kind retail location, harmoniously balances tradition and innovation with an emphasis on experience and education. We invite you to step inside and let our herbal experts guide you on an exploration of the rejuvenating power of cannabinoids and traditional herbs in a setting that feels both timeless and contemporary.

Designed in collaboration with renowned Alfredo Paredes Studio, the apothecary embodies a sophisticated fusion of old-world tradition and contemporary application. Known for his 33-year tenure as Ralph Lauren Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer, Alfredo Paredes, a master of crafting memorable retail experiences, helped transform the space into a shining gem of Sag Harbor. Reflecting the premium, natural, and therapeutic essence of Dragon Hemp, every aspect of the store, including the unique furniture pieces from Paredes' line, contributes to an ambiance of refined tranquility and wellness. The design echoes a classic herbal pharmacy blended with a modern aesthetic, mirroring our brand ethos of contemporizing ancient herbal medicine for today’s applications. Read more about our Apothecary design in Forbes.

Standing out on Main Street in Sag Harbor with the glow of our distinctive neon sign, our unique retail store has become a design destination of its own -- beyond just wellness -- in one of the Hamptons’ most popular villages. Whether you’re looking for potent natural therapeutics to tackle pain & inflammation or legal THC products to enhance mood or improve sleep, our apothecary is your safe haven at 108 Main Street.

Our products are formulated to serve the four crucial daily needs most often seen in Kevin’s practice—Essential Wellbeing for comprehensive health, Rest & Restoration to foster rejuvenation, Aches & Pains for relief from discomfort, and Liniments for body care that enhances both physical and emotional wellbeing.

Available in four versatile forms—swift-absorbing tinctures, targeted balms, discreet gummies, and moisturizers—we ensure a suitable choice for every lifestyle and wellness routine.

We carefully select our organically grown ingredients, emphasizing sustainability to protect Earth's biodiversity. 

We believe in transparency in all our processes, from ingredient selection to the methods used by our CBD farmers, who lead the sustainable agriculture charge and concentrate on ecosystem restoration and carbon sequestration.

We're not just about products but about nurturing an understanding of traditional herbal practices and helping people make healthy decisions. 

With respect, we introduce newcomers to the benefits of age old herbal wisdom. 

Our aim is a future where well-being stems from nature, combining timeless knowledge with today's research.

Discover the distinctive characteristics of each herb in our Ingredient Index.