They set up a branch first at Amoy Street then moved to Cecil Street and finally to 89 Neil Road between 19, at the junction of Neil and Craig Road. The brothers moved to Singapore in the 1920s due to problems with the colonial British government. Tiger Balm sold well in Burma, and was exported to China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. By the 1920s, the brothers had turned Eng Aun Tong into a very successful business empire that produced and marketed pharmaceutical products, including the Tiger Balm medicinal ointment. By 1918, the Aw family had become one of the wealthiest families in Rangoon. In 1918, the product was renamed "Tiger Balm" in order to gain broader appeal. On his deathbed in 1908, he asked his sons Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par to perfect the product. Eventually, Aw Chu Kin himself set up a family business named Eng Aun Tong ("Hall of Everlasting Peace").
His father had sent him to Rangoon in the 1860s to help in his uncle's herbal shop. 'Ten Thousand Golden Oil') was developed in the 1870s in Rangoon, Burma, during the British colonial era by the practising Chinese herbalist Aw Chu Kin, son of Aw Leng Fan, a Chinese Hakka herbalist in Zhongchuan, Fujian Province, China. Do not use on open wounds or to the chest during lactation period.A precursor to Tiger Balm called Ban Kin Yu ( Chinese: 萬金油 lit. Not recommended for children younger than 2 years. Use a bowl with hot water, add some drops of the Golden Star Medicated Oil and inhale. Gently massage the Golden Star Medicated Oil on the affected areas.Īpply oil on temples, nose, neck to treat headaches, dizziness and cold.įor the treatment of mosquito or other insect bites, apply directly on the bite.įor colds and flu inhalation is recommended. It is clearly a remedy for many things.Ĭamphor is good for: antiseptic effect, objective inflammation, reduces fluĬlove: has a stimulating effect, heats up the stomach, antisepticĬinnamon is useful for: cold, waist and knee pain, asthma, menstrual crampsĬajuput Oil comes in handy: cold lungs, phlegm cough, asthma, chest pain, poor digestion, increased arterial circulation after birth, to treat rheumatism and neuralgia Many essential oils were extracted from menthol, clove, camphor and cinnamon which are now all inside the small bottle of 5 ml Golden Star Medicated Oil.
The famous Golden Star Balm is now available as a medicated oil for easy use.
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