Yen Tse's inherited family formula has been developed from boiling herbs like these, to form a liniment, to a hydrogel patch and gel. — Photos: SAMUEL ONG/The Star
In a probable first in the country, two men have conducted a scientifically-verified study to show the efficacy of a topical, plant-based pain-relieving solution.Yen Tse, 43, was looking for a way to scale up his family’s traditional Chinese medicine business, while Fan, 35, was hunting for opportunities to open a business.
“My grandfather established a small healing practice at the sports stadium where his martial arts association was housed. “I knew it wasn’t any special skill but the herbs that were producing the healing result, and I was thinking of a business plan and what technology I had that could grow the business.
"They tell you whether it gives a cool or hot sensation, but they don’t target the root cause of pain.At that point, they didn’t know which pain-relieving formulation they were going to make and whether it was going to be cream, lotion, gel, oil or patch, but they knew that scientific backing was necessary.That meant Yen Tse had to reveal some of his grandfather’s secret formulas.
They proceeded to conduct studies on the in-vitro anti-inflammatory characteristics of the herbs using Human Embryonic Kidney cells, since most life functions, including the inflammation response, happens at the cellular level.“I then induced inflammation on fertilised chicken eggs and when the little veins appeared on the shell, I applied the herbal extract to counter it in one group and none in the other.
Yen Tse’s father had been boiling the herbs and spreading them on a dressing sheet before plastering it on the pain site.“No more old-fashioned boiling, although dad still does it for the patients who come to the centre,” says Yen Tse.It took almost two years to complete the research and register the patch as a medical device.Alas, that was in 2020, just when Covid-19 struck and they couldn’t market it physically.
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