Menjong Sorig expands reach with new wellness products for export

2026-03-24 - 10:52

Bhutan’s Menjong Sorig Pharmaceuticals is taking its centuries-old healing tradition global. They launched four new wellness products targeting gut health and brain function. The products will travel to Singapore. One of the products launched today is Lion’s Mane capsules. The recommended dosage is one capsule per day. With a five-year shelf life, each bottle contains ninety capsules. It is made from Lion’s Mane, a medicinal mushroom long believed to help improve memory and thinking, support mental well-being, and help repair and grow brain cells. It is dried and ground to make capsules. The other three products are capsules made of black turmeric from Dungmin in Pema Gatshel, yellow turmeric from Trongsa, Reishi mushroom grown in Gasa and Punakha. The products will be marketed under the brand, “Gakid,” meaning happiness or well-being. And the Singaporean businessman, Ken Koh, is going to sell the products in Singapore and beyond. He is also a microbiologist and mushroom expert with a loyal global customer base. “Lion’s Mane for many, many years can give you a memory boost, give you mental clarity, it’s all about the brain, so even for kids, or even for us, when we go to work, sometimes in the morning, we just feel like not fully awake, a lot of people take coffee, but don’t take coffee, take Lion’s Mane, it’s natural, right, and it doesn’t make you addicted,” said Ken Koh, Director, Nanyang Sauce. Bhutan’s traditional healing system, Sowa Rigpa, is now gaining international attention. “Sowa Rigpa, I think, has got that potential, huge, huge potential, because these are 2,500 years of wisdom based on the scriptures, and if you say it’s not validated, what’s that 2,500 years for, you know what I mean? Right, so the whole world is changing, in fact, right from the US FDA, they are starting to look at natural, they are starting to teach people about diets, nutrition, never used to be like that, right, natural remedies are on the rise,” said Ken Koh, Director, Nanyang Sauce. “Sowa Rigpa in the world is a minority. It is practised mainly in the Himalayas. And then, being a Bhutanese and the Sowa Rigpa being nationalised, we have a lot of advantages. So, that’s how we wanted to collaborate with him and propagate Sowa Rigpa in other countries like Singapore. He’s a popular guy. So, that’s how we can, we’ll be able to leverage and sell our products,” said Tshering Tenzin, CEO, Menjong Sorig Pharmaceuticals. This seems to be just the beginning. They will also explore developing a new wearable device to monitor health in real time. The following months will see the launch of five more products. This marks a key milestone in bringing Bhutan’s traditional medicine to the world. Samten Dolkar Edited by Tandin Phuntsho