Welcome!
Owner, Founder
Tamryn Storm Hawker
Licensed Acupuncturist + Herbalist
Tamryn is a nationally licensed Acupuncturist, Herbalist, and East Asian Medicine practitioner whose own healing journey revealed the elegance and power of plant medicine. She earned her Master’s Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine, graduating summa cum laude from Dongguk University, then deepened her studies in Beijing at the China Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center.
Early in her career, she graduated from the American College of Healthcare Sciences (2012) with a focus in Holistic Nutrition and Herbalism, interned with Dr. Katolen Yardley in Vancouver, and spent eighteen months living and working at the Esalen Institute—immersed in bodywork, yoga, and holistic family medicine with Dr. Randy Baker. That multifaceted training, combined with over a decade as a massage therapist and yoga teacher, continues to inform her whole‑body approach today.
She currently runs a private practice in Pasadena, California—Artemisia Acupuncture and Apothecary—offering individualized care rooted in ancient tradition and integrative insight. Alongside her clinical work, she formulates and crafts each offering in her Green Empress Herbs line by hand—ensuring every product is made with intention, integrity, and deep knowledge of the medicine it carries. In addition to her own creations, Tamryn thoughtfully selects every product available on the Green Empress site, choosing items that reflect her standards for quality, purity, and the spirit of herbal care.
Handcrafted herbal formulas for body and spirit.
The Green Empress Herbs Line
Green Empress Herbs is the living expression of Tamryn’s devotion to the art of herbal medicine. Rooted in her clinical experience and her reverence for plant medicine, each offering is formulated and handcrafted by Tamryn in small batches, in Pasadena, California.
Drawing primarily from the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, ingredients are selected for their therapeutic potency, energetic harmony, and quality—organic whenever possible and always chosen with care.
Each formula reflects Tamryn’s intention to support the body’s natural intelligence and the deeper rhythms of restoration.
This is herbalism as a living art—meant not just to support the body, but to bring you back to yourself.
We are taking sustainability seriously!
We offer free composting of your COMPO pods! Simply send your compostable pods and any other compostable materials to our Manufacturing and Sustainability partner Single Serve Co. and we will turn your items into nourishment for the Earth!