Wai Yuen Tong

Wai Yuen Tong is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) manufacturer of venerable vintage that all Hongkongers are familiar with. Throughout the years, we have always been innovative at the same time as we uphold our finest traditions. The company was founded during the Qing dynasty, in the twenty-third year of the Guangxu reign period (1897), by a government official Li Changhou and several likeminded friends. They wanted to spread the wisdom of TCM by making high quality medicinal preparations using the old methods so that TCM traditions could be passed on. After doing extensive research, one of the founders and TCM physician Pan Houcun formulated the first generation of the now famous Young Yum Pills. It proved a fine remedy for ordinary folks at the time, and became very popular. Wai Yuen Tong relocated from Guangzhou to Hong Kong in 1952. In 1980, it was registered as a trademark and Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Company Limited was officially established.