# Aw Chu Kin

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{{Short description|Burmese Chinese herbalist}}
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{{family name hatnote|[Aw (胡)](/source/Hu_(surname))|lang=Chinese}}
'''Aw Chu Kin''' (Chinese: 胡子钦  ? – 1908 in [Rangoon](/source/Rangoon), [British Burma](/source/British_Burma)) was a [Burmese Chinese](/source/Burmese_Chinese) [herbalist](/source/herbalist). He is best known as the original inventor of [Tiger Balm](/source/Tiger_Balm).

Aw's father was a [Chinese herbology](/source/Chinese_herbology) practitioner in [Xiamen](/source/Xiamen) and a [Hakka Chinese](/source/Hakka_people) with ancestry in [Yongding County](/source/Yongding_County). Being of a poor background, Aw first immigrated to [Singapore](/source/Singapore) where he stayed at the ''[kongsi](/source/kongsi)'' of his clan. He then moved to [Penang](/source/Penang) and started to work as a practitioner of [Traditional Chinese medicine](/source/Traditional_Chinese_medicine), known as a ''sinseh'' ({{zh|t=先生}}) in [Penang Hokkien](/source/Penang_Hokkien). Afterwards, he moved to Rangoon where, with the help of his uncle, founded his [apothecary](/source/apothecary) named [Eng Aun Tong](/source/Eng_Aun_Tong) ({{zh|t=永安堂|l=The Hall of Eternal Peace}}) in 1870.

Aw Chu-Kin got married in Rangoon. He had three sons, the eldest of whom, Boon-Leng (Gentle/Refined Dragon) died young. He was survived by his two sons, [Boon-Haw](/source/Aw_Boon_Haw) (Gentle/Refined Tiger) and [Boon-Par](/source/Aw_Boon_Par) (Gentle/Refined Leopard). In 1892, Aw sent Boon-Haw to his grandfather's village to be instructed in traditional Chinese methods while Boon-Par stayed in Rangoon to receive British education. He left his business to younger son Boon-Par who then called his elder brother to run Eng Aun Tong together.

== References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090207062336/http://www.hawpar.com/heritage.htm Our Heritage] [Haw Par Corporation](/source/Haw_Par_Corporation) website
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn6207/is_20030701/ai_n24906484/ The Power of the Tiger] Clarence Y K Ngui, ''Malaysian Business'', 1 July 2003
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=255mdUaAXiwC&q=%22Eng+Aun+Tong%22 Hong Kong apothecary: a visual history of Chinese medicine packaging] Simon Go, Princeton Architectural Press, 2003
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20211202155344/http://cstc.lib.stu.edu.cn/chaoshanzixun/lishiwenhua/4419.html 胡文虎父女的汕頭緣]

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Category:1908 deaths
Category:Burmese people of Chinese descent
Category:People from Xiamen
Category:Chinese emigrants to Malaysia
Category:Chinese emigrants to Singapore
Category:Chinese emigrants to Myanmar
Category:Aw family
Category:Year of birth missing

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