The Economic Times

Viral Chinese bar checks pulse before serving a 'healthy' alcoholic cocktail and users find it 'healing'

In a softly lit corner of Shanghai, a new kind of nightlife is brewing, one that trades neon shots for apothecary drawers and tequila hangovers for herbal healing. Bars like Niang Qing have abandoned standard menus in favor of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnoses, where a resident practitioner in a white coat checks a customers pulse before a mixologist crafts a bespoke herbal cocktail.