Hsiehgi Chinese Herbal Pharmacy


Over one century, Hsiehgi Chinese Herbal Pharmacy still operates at the address of No.186, the 2nd section of Kueiyang Street. The pharmacy founder, nicknamed as Ahseun, came from Fuchein, southwestern province of Mainland China. Ahseun worked for a Chinese herbal pharmacy in Fuchein when he was young. About 80 years ago, Ahseun immigrated to Mungchia and opened a Chinese medicinal materials store. Although the current store manager Mr. Lin is over 70 years old, he is not the elder of the store, but his 93-year-old mother. Every afternoon, this old lady sits in front of the store for sunbath and looks around this old street. The store's 80-year-old dispensing desk has been donated to Peito Cultural Museum. The current herb cabinets were tailor made and newly decorated three years ago. A bronze head figure statute sits on the new dispensing desk in memory of the founder. The pharmacy package paper has the print of classic logo of Hsiehgi as well.