At the beginning of the establishment of Yu Tianchengtang, the founder Yu Youyuan put forward the 24-word shop policy of "authentic medicinal materials, exquisite workmanship, genuine goods, childlike innocence, famous doctors sitting in the classroom, saving lives".
Yu Tianchengtang has invited famous Chinese medicine practitioners from Songjiang area to practice medicine in the past dynasties. When he meets the poor, he will treat people without paying a penny and be charitable. When Yu Xiu first became "Ada", he spared no expense to collect folk remedies and develop pills and powder. Because of its remarkable curative effect, Chinese patent medicine has become a precious gift for citizens to supplement or distribute to relatives and friends, and is famous in Suzhou and Hangzhou. When Wu Qing was in power, he produced a large number of pills, powders and ointments with his own unique secret recipe. Such as Quanlu Pill, Ginseng Zaizao Pill, Xing Jun Powder, Naocha Ointment, Shouwu Yanshou Dan, Piwendan, Buyi Qiyuan Liquor, donkey hide glue, etc. Among them, Quanlu Pill and Ginseng Zaizao Pill are loved by many old people and farmers, which have good effects on treating fatigue, backache and backache. Naocha ointment has special effects on sores.
193 1 year, after several generations of research and accumulation, Yu Tianchengtang revised three books (Volume I, Volume II, Existing District Archives) and Yu Tianchengtang's Complete Works of Pills and Powder Pills, which recorded the contents of internal medicine, gynecology, surgery, injuries, children and madness. Formula and manufacturing process. Among them, there are not only references to the inherent prescriptions in medical books of past dynasties, but also a large number of recipes circulated among the people, which embodies the painstaking efforts of Tianchengtang predecessors for more than a hundred years.
These complete works record the pride and glory of Yu Tianchengtang. Yan Chuyu, an 86-year-old pharmacist, still remembers that since the busy farming season, Yu Tianchengtang's signature medicine Ginseng Zaizao Pill has been particularly popular. "It is used to relieve pain, promote blood circulation and enhance physical fitness. Because of the obvious effect, many farmers in Jiashan and Qingpu have come to Songjiang to buy it. " Li Yongting, a 93-year-old pharmacist, said: "In the 1940s, Yu Tianchengtang slaughtered deer in public and used it as medicine. Even people in Hangzhou have heard about it and bought it. At that time, Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd., which was engaged in exporting drugs' Fu Gui Rong Lu Pills', purchased raw materials from Yu Tianchengtang.
According to Shanghai Medical Journal, Yu Tianchengtang "established his own pharmaceutical workshop to develop pills, powders, ointments and Lu Hua medicinal liquor. The main products are Quanlu Pill, Renshen Zaizao Pill, Xing Jun Powder, Naocha Cream, Shouwu Yanshou Dan, Piwendan, Feier Bazhen Cake, Shi Feng medicated wine, donkey hide glue, and heatstroke prevention drinks such as honeysuckle dew, medlar peel dew and lotus leaf dew. Yu Tian Cheng Tang pays attention to the selection of medicines and materials. For example, the skink in Piwendan must be caught from the bamboo garden behind Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou within five days of Dragon Boat Festival, so the curative effect is very remarkable. The 89-year-old pharmacist should describe: "1942, a cholera plague broke out in Shanghai, and many people died in Songjiang, but after taking Piwendan in our library in time, 400-500 people were reborn, and it was too late to produce Piwendan at that time. "Zheng Hanyi, the former manager of Songjiang Medicinal Materials Company, who was nearly eighty years old, recalled," According to the legend of his predecessors, in 1880, Zuo was ordered by an imperial envoy to supervise the military affairs in Xinjiang, sat in Jiuquan, Gansu, and called several Qing troops to crusade against the Agubai army that invaded Xinjiang, but the soldiers were not acclimatized and fell ill. At that time, Zuo turned to Hu Xueyan, a businessman from Hongding, for help. Hu Xueyan handed the task to Hu Qingyutang's first Ada Yu Xiuchu. Yu Xiuchu was processed into Xingjun powder, Piwen pill and Dendrobium luminous pill according to the formula, technology and materials of Yu Tianchengtang. After drinking, the soldiers got rid of Shan Lan's miasma, which greatly improved their morale. The second invasion completely defeated Agubo's army and recovered a large area of land. "
Coupled with the reputation and careful diagnosis of sitting Chinese medicine practitioners, Yu Tianchengtang's self-made ointment has been enduring for a long time. Before liberation, Songjiang residents circulated a saying that "Yu Tianchengtang's clay pills can also be sold", implying that Yu Tianchengtang's pills are sold well, with exquisite materials and remarkable curative effect, which the people absolutely believe.
Before liberation, some famous Chinese medicine practitioners in Shanghai used to sit in Tiancheng Temple, such as Zhang Jinsan of internal medicine, Xia Zhongfang of internal medicine (later the president of Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine) and Dr. Dai (later the professor of Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine). These Chinese medicine practitioners sitting in the classroom all have noble medical ethics and superb medical skills. In the 1940s, Ke Deqiong, a well-known person in Songjiang, founded Deqiong Hospital, but his son fell ill and invited Yu Tiancheng to sit in Xia Zhongfang. He recovered after taking the second prescription drug.
From 65438 to 0956, all Chinese medicine practitioners were separated from pharmacies, and they were organized to set up joint clinics to separate medicines. 1958 1, the Chinese medicine workshops of Tong, Lei, Cai Tongde and Hu Qingyu were merged into the first, second and third factories of Shanghai Chinese medicine pharmacy, forming large-scale production. At that time, due to poor production equipment and lack of talents, the output of Yu Tianchengtang's proprietary Chinese medicines gradually decreased. By the mid-Kloc-0/960' s, all pharmacies in the city stopped producing Chinese patent medicines, and Yu Tianchengtang's self-made pills, powders and ointments also came to an end.
In the early 1980s, with the approval of the government, Yu Tianchengtang resumed the clinic for famous doctors. At present, there are 7 famous doctors' clinics on the second floor of Tianchengtang, covering an area of more than 200 square meters. There are 0/5 famous TCM practitioners in Songjiang, including Yang Guisheng, Xu Zuogang, Shen Cizhu, Du Jijiang, Yuan, Liu, etc. Among them, there are 7 deputy chief physicians, who are good at internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and pediatrics respectively. In 2008, the number of outpatient visits was 74,276. Chen, a female Chinese medicine practitioner, has made some innovations on the basis of inheriting the ancient prescriptions and made some achievements in treating infertility.
1994, Yu Tianchengtang ended the history of Gaojianong processing factory. The processing plant moved to No.446 Ledu Road, and opened a Chinese herbal medicine decoction piece factory, covering an area of 7,800 square meters. Modern production equipment was introduced to produce 5 16 kinds of decoction pieces. At present, Cheng Yutian Traditional Chinese Medicine Pieces Company produces more than 20 kinds of refined pieces in small packages, such as "Cheng Yutian" brand Cordyceps sinensis, Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali and Radix Pseudostellariae, and has set up a counter for refined pieces on the second floor of Cheng Yutian Hall to meet the consumption of citizens.
In the 1990s, Yu Tianchengtang resumed the business of frying Chinese medicine. In 2000, doctors in the classroom prescribed personal nourishing ointment free of charge as a substitute for decoction ointment and tonic medicine. In 2008 alone, 5235 ingredients of personal winter tonic cream and 3297 ingredients of decoction cream were prescribed free of charge.