Wrecking Yourself While Saving Yourself TCM bars — venues where bartenders in white coats take your pulse before crafting personalised herbal cocktails — have surged across China's first-tier cities and are spreading rapidly to secondary urban centres. China's wellness alcohol market topped $7.2 billion in 2025. Shanghai's Niang Qing Herbal Bar earns $30,000 monthly across five locations. The trend reflects "punk wellness" — a Gen Z philosophy of simultaneous indulgence and h
