Our Story
OUR VALUES
Integrity
Qi Formularie manufactures a line of proprietary skin and body care formulas based on the substances, methodology, and theory of TCM and Classical Chinese Medicine.
We do this with passion and a certainty that we offer the best of science, both Eastern and Western, ancient and modern. While we draw the components of our formulas almost exclusively from the TCM Materia Medica and unique prescriptive dietary principles, we use nothing that has not been proven effective and generally safe by present-day research as well.
Our endeavors are informed by years of formal training, both in modern Western medical science and and in Graduate-level Oriental Medicine studies.
Simplicity
Nothing is added to a formula without a specific practical or therapeutic effect intended. This includes fragrance (even natural fragrance). The intoxicating scents of our products derive entirely from herbs and substances used for their therapeutic properties and symbiotic place in relation to other ingredients.
Respect
Who would we be if we did not show the utmost respect for the natural world that engendered not just TCM but modern medical science as well… pretty much everything? We put great effort into ensuring nothing goes into our formulas that required any creature to… get the short end of the stick, so to speak. We do not test on animals, and maintain a strictly vegetarian standard in choosing base ingredients. One of the benefits of using the time-proven system of TCM: many herbals are so well-established therapeutically that there has been no recent incentive to conduct further testing. We source sustainable resources only.
OUR GOAL
We strive to offer the best skincare products with the purest use of essential ingredients possible. To do this, we combine TCM principles with current research in a way that both respects and educates the consumer regarding both.
OUR FOUNDER
Kirsten Dolby Jacob is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine accredited by the NCCAOM as an Oriental Medicine Practitioner. A graduate of Han University in Tucson Arizona, she completed full additional training and credentialing in Chinese Herbal therapeutics along with her Masters-level acupuncture studies.
She is a Skin Care Expert by default: always devoted to natural beauty, she formally developed her Facial Rejuvenation technique in Acupuncture school and incorporated her lifelong passion for formulating her own natural skincare by founding the TCM-based skincare line Qi Formularie.
Her previously decades-long career was as an ICU respiratory therapist. She writes frequently on the subjects of TCM, skin care and chemistry. Her geeky article in Forbes is available below.
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In 2023 she received her DAcHM from Five Branches University in San Jose CA, where she specialized in dermatology, neurology, and immunology.