Champion's Pharmacy and Herbs LLC

Champion's Pharmacy and Herbs LLC is a pharmacy in Memphis, Tennessee. The family-owned and operated business has been a Memphis tradition since 1981, known for personal custom care, herbal remedies, and old-time and hard-to-find medicines. It takes a holistic approach to medicine, providing health and wellness consultations and treating common ailments through herbs, herbal supplements, home remedies, and homeopathic remedies. Its stock includes herbal vitamins, natural remedies, essential oils, roots, leaves, and teas, along with a line of products it compounds itself. Among its most popular offerings are Champion Kits, which contain a special blend created for its soaps, lotions, shampoos, salves, and teas and used to treat over 30 common illnesses. The pharmacy also makes custom soaps in 4.25 oz bars, including anti-fungal, bed bug, bed sore, body odor, and chamomile varieties, and carries an herbal male enhancement formula. It holds a rating of 4.90.

The business was founded by Dr. Charles A. Champion, a licensed pharmacist and an internationally recognized master compounder in herbal medicines with over 60 years of experience. Dr. Carol "Cookie" Champion serves as CEO and pharmacist. Dr. Champion was born in Memphis in 1930 and raised in Greenfield, Tennessee. He graduated from Xavier University College of Pharmacy in 1955 and was drafted into the United States Army shortly after, serving as a pharmacist in Germany for a two-year tour. On returning to Memphis, he worked at John Gaston Hospital pharmacy, where he became the first African-American pharmacist to work in a Memphis hospital, remaining there for 12 years.

The pharmacy sits on Elvis Presley Boulevard. Norris Road is about 0.2 miles away, New Beginning Baptist Day Care Center and Corry Junior High School are each about 0.3 miles away, Ball Road is about 0.4 miles away, and the Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Expressway is about half a mile away.

Customers describe the staff as helpful and understanding, and the pharmacy as one of the best in Memphis, with an herb selection that draws people looking for items they cannot find elsewhere in the city.