Quality health-care products

Spirulina, 835 yuan

People who sit in front of computers or other monitors all day and suffer from dry eyes can try the blackcurrant extracts (395 yuan for 90 capsules).

Shoppers can also find essential oil products here: Touch of Nature is the store’s in-house brand, with 57 different products ranging from 126 yuan to more than 1,000 yuan. Ingredients come from different places, such as Provence, France (lavender), Bulgaria (roses) and Australia (tea trees). They are processed at local factories to reduce their cost, Leung said.

The store also sells many organic products, including many from fair-trade Shangri-La farms, like honey (99 yuan), various nuts and seeds like flaxseed (21 yuan for 400 grams) and soap nuts (35 yuan) from other local suppliers.

Beijing Today recommends the store’s Shungit protection plate (59 yuan), a small black plate that attaches to the back of your cell phone that reportedly can block up to 97 percent of your phone’s harmful electromagnetic radiation without affecting the sound quality.

World Health Store
Where: R2152, 1st floor of section A, north tower, Soho Shangdu, 8 Dongdaqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
Open: 10:30 am – 8 pm Monday to Friday; 11 am – 7:30 pm on weekends
Tel: 5900 2209