Original Pan Jian
920 "Hankou Business Name List" published in Hankou in 2019, there was such a famous traditional Chinese medicine "medical residence". The so-called "medical residence" refers to a doctor who is listed at home and is waiting for the patient to have a clinical diagnosis. Most doctors enjoy a reputation within one party. The most famous thing in Hankou is the "Yang Family Medical House" that claims to have "300 years of historical heritage". At that time, Yang Wenchuan was one of the generations.
Portrait of Mr. Yang Wenchuan
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Yang Wenchuan (1856~1922), with a reputation. His ancestral home is Hanyang, and he lived in Jiangxia County for the past (now Wuchang, Wuhan). The distant ancestor Yang Shitai was a famous doctor in the early Qing Dynasty. My grandfather Yang Xie was a famous doctor in Jiangxia. In the first year of Xianfeng (1851), he opened a medical apartment on Gongyuan Street in Wuchang, with a waiting room, a ward room, a pharmacy, etc. It was the largest medical apartment in the three towns between the Xianfeng and Guangxu periods. Yang Wenchuan is the twelfth generation descendant of the Yang family's medical practitioners. Under the influence of homeschool, he inherited his ancestors' ambitions at a young age. He was well-known in the Han Dynasty for his plague treatment. He was as famous as Luo Shuzhi and Lu Yunqin, a famous figure in the Jiangxia medical world at that time. He was known as the "Shenglin Sanding Jia".
In the early years of the Republic of China, I went to Baoshanli (later renamed Chushanli) in the Russian Concession in Hankou for treatment. The number of treatments per number is as high as two silver dollars , and there are still endless people seeking treatment. In 1914, Yangshoufeng Medicine No. was opened at Qianzheng Street, Nanlou, Wuchang and Houcheng Road, Hankou, and several children and nephews were led to the same class to receive the consultation. In addition to diagnosing the disease, he taught skills. The eldest son Yang Xiaochuan and the second son Yang Bingsan all became famous doctors in the three towns. At that time, Yang Wenchuan was old, so the two Yang Shoufeng medicine numbers were both managed by the brothers Xiaochuan and Bingsan. (It is said that his descendants are still engaged in traditional Chinese medicine today)
Yang Shoufeng Pharmaceutical Number
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The author's mentor, the late old pharmacist Yi Junfeng, is the nephew of Yi Ruiting, the manager of Yang Shoufeng Pharmaceutical Number.
According to the old pharmacist Yi Junfeng during his lifetime, he entered the Yangshoufeng Medicine Number in Wuchang under the arrangement of his uncle and went through apprentices to become a master. Wuchang Yangshoufeng Medicine No. is a large medicine no. in front and back workshops. It is famous far and wide in the area of Wuchang , and has a lot of customers all year round. All of them were old customers who came to the door for consultation and brought medicine, and then came to customize or buy medicines or tonics such as "oints, elixirs, pills, and powders". In addition to making Chinese herbal medicines, there were workshops for making various medicines, including knife rooms, rinsing tanks, pharmaceutical stoves, pills, stock rooms, warehouses, grinding pharmacies, drying rooms, cellars, smoked rooms, etc., and various pharmaceutical tools and utensils, employed dozens of various personnel, all of which were full-time.
Old man Yi Junfeng said that he first applied to the apprentice in the workshop, and said that the pharmacists worked very hard, doing both labor and technical work, but their responsibilities were heavy. I woke up before dawn for a long time and continued to work until the second update.
Yang Shoufeng's medicine number implements the industry rules of "teaching the two knives at the head knife, teaching the two cabinets at the head cabinet". Therefore, he started by cutting medicine and pharmacy, such as "split Ophiopogon japonicus", "baked bamboo juice", "ge made pinellia ternata", etc. Then he learned the preparations from his senior brother. Making ointment and pills is a tiring task. Not only do he have physical strength and foundation, but he also needs to understand the properties, medicinal flavor, dosage, and production requirements. The senior brother often evaluates him. If there is a mistake, he must use a "driver" (stirring bamboo slices for boiling ointment) to beat the heart of the hand. Standing by the big copper pot, he is often fumigated by the fire and cannot stand firmly. He must also boil the good ointment according to the requirements.
Yi Lao said that the cream usually soaks all the ingredients in clean water the night before. The next morning, use a large copper pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer it on low heat. After filtering three or four times, slowly boil the filtered juice until the water evaporates and leaves a small part of the thick juice. Add the other dissolved donkey-hide gelatin , rock sugar and other juice, stir it continuously with the "starter", until the paste is dripped in the water and it can be turned into beads and not melted.
It often takes one or two days to stack a pair of water balls, from the test prescription, powdering, molding, sieve, and then stacking into even-sized pills. After the pills are made, some people even use various powders to roll them into "cloths", such as cinnabar as clothes for strengthening the effect of calming the mind, and light Yuan powder as clothes for clothes for strengthening the effect of clearing heat.
In addition, Yang Shoufeng Medicine No. 1 also prepared various honey pills, eye drops, spreading, mouth blowing medicine, elixir, dewdrop, wine, glue, quiver, cake, etc. The specially made cakes are specially made with special models, and the size of the medicine cakes is regular, and the images of the eight immortals on the "Eight Immortals Cake" are vivid, and the supply is in short supply at that time. The packaging box of Yang Shoufeng Babao Eye Dishes comes with exclusive and authoritative British-made Melden woolen material eye wipes, etc. All medicines made according to the classical prescriptions and ancient methods have special books.
After learning the skills of the workshop, I started to go to the cabinet to familiarize with identifying and grasping medicine. Yi Lao said that Yang Shoufeng's medicine number is very strict and he should not be careless. The medicine he grasped must be reviewed and checked by the senior brother and stamped, and then subcontracted strictly. Use a red rope, tied tightly in three or five steps, and handed to the customer without dispersing or loose...
After learning all the skills in the store, you must be able to skillfully distinguish the authenticity of more than 700 medicinal materials and preparations, and you must be familiar with the pharmacological properties, compatibility taboos, preparation and processing, alias and common names of each medicine, and be able to recite hundreds of prescription soups to achieve the level of "being a counselor for serious illnesses and being a doctor for minor illnesses". Because the old man Yi Junfeng is talented and willing to learn, he finally became a master after a few years.
Yi Junfeng later told me that shortly after he left the army, he offended Liu Jiwu, the owner of the Zhenhuan Shining Mill, who lived nearby because of a word from the store, and turned the two families into enemies.
It is said that the old lady of the Liu family was sick, so she ordered her servant to go to Yang Shoufeng's medicine number to get the medicine as she wanted. It just so happened that the store was very busy that day, with many customers, and there were long queues. The Liu family was impatient and kept complaining that the people in the store were too slow and had to go to the line to take the lead. Based on the principles of "no deception" and "come first and then come", Yang Shoufeng's medicine account manager did not spoil the Liu family and had an argument with him. Yang Shoufeng's medicine account manager was in a hurry and said wrongly: "You Liu family has money, so if you think it's too slow, go to open a pharmacy yourself..."
This is the angry sentence of the Liu family and directly responded to Boss Liu's mother. The wealthy Liu family was very angry after hearing the words. They thought Yang Shoufeng's medicine was not polite and must repay her. Relying on his strong financial resources, he was really angry and quickly opened a "Liu Youyutang Medicine Number" opposite the "Yang Shoufeng Medicine Number". After careful decoration, he recruited more than 80 professionals of various types and purchased a large number of precious Chinese medicinal materials, which greatly squeezed out Yang Shoufeng Medicine Number. On the day when
opened, the Liu family invited celebrities from all three towns to gather, with VIPs gathered, drums and music and firecrackers shook the sky, making the Yang Shoufeng Medicine Number opposite pale and extremely embarrassing. Next, Liu Youyutang gave a 20% discount on decoctions and preparatory medicines; 20% discount on fine ginseng and Yan fine goods; 30% discount on spleen-strengthening medicine cakes were sold at half discount at the cost price, and even completely violated the industry rules (pharmacy regulations, the new store was discounted for three days, and the original price must be restored after three days). The Liu family actually reduced the price and promoted the price for more than 20 days. At the beginning, Yang Shoufeng Pharmaceutical Number also sold 20% discount on all medicines. The medicine cakes were sold at half discount at the cost price. However, despite this, there were still people coming and going in front of Liu Youyutang, and there were endless customers to buy medicines, while Yang Shoufeng Pharmaceutical Number on the opposite side was deserted, with a sad and bitter rain.
Yang Shoufeng's medicine number could not bear it anymore. The price war with Liu Youyutang was severely damaged. According to the old man Yi Junfeng, there was a fire in the Yang Shoufeng's medicine number, which damaged a lot of property. In addition, there were consecutive losses and insufficient funds, and finally closed down. A large medicine shop that had been operating for many years closed down (Note Yang Shoufeng was still in business in Hankou in 1925).The employees left one by one. It is said that the Liu family brought people privately and were willing to take in the pharmacist with high salaries. The old man Yi Junfeng and others were forced to live in life at that time. After thinking about it for a while, he and many people went to Liu Youyutang to apply for a job, and since then they changed to Liu Youyutang to work.
It is said that after Yang Shoufeng's medicine number went bankrupt, the Yang family was depressed and soundless. Only Mr. Yang Wenchuan left a couplet with emotion in his old age: "If you meet old friends in the ground for a long time, you should add ghosts to your laughter; after hearing the beauty, you will have more wonderful places of happiness; if you are free and unrest, you will never return to the world." It should be a beautiful talk.
Salvage the memories of Jiangcheng Gouchen the past of the three towns
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Editor: Sailor
