上个世纪三十年代的一名精通医术的医生饶志康与他的妻子邓氏来到了南洋。这名精通跌打制药的行脚医生在日据时代及殖民地时代在贫穷的乡下济世为怀，到处帮人看病煲药。
饶志康虽在战争时期沦为行脚医生，但是祖上是颇有能人，饶氏祠堂上写着入门六进士，代代出大夫
有些在宫廷里从事御膳补品，而祖传手艺却如秘笈般流传至这位下南洋的传人。
在那匮乏和贫穷的战争时代，草药补品无疑是对普通人最好的强身之剂。
当时做苦力的普通老百姓，种番薯的农民，日做月做，在不支倒地的时候，一碗便宜的草药补汤可能比当时昂贵的西药更有效。也帮助无数穷人渡过那段艰苦岁月
丰富的炖治补品经验以后，也在1950于马六甲创立了杏生堂，并把制作药膳的技术传给儿子饶国安。
饶国安师承其父以实践为主，也在马来西亚中医学院学习理论，之后在全马各地行医济世，结合了理论与临床实践。终于在1986创立了饶国安炖补中心。
饶国安炖补中心位于吉隆坡同善路51号，当时引起各界人士的关注，包括已故华教热心人士沈慕羽，当时沈慕羽先生吃了饶国安的炖品，也为他提了一幅对联
“珍方配味誉行家，益寿强身推补品”
Yew Zi Gang, a doctor proficient in Medicinal cuisine, in the 1930s, and his wife Tang came to Southeast Asia. During the occupation of Japan, this tramp doctor who was proficient in chiropractors and Medicinal cuisine for the poverty people in the countryside, helping people everywhere. Although Mr Yew was a tramp doctor during the war, his ancestors were quite capable. Yew ancestral hall is written as six a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations, and it has been a doctor from generation to generation. Some are engaged in imperial meal in the palace, but the ancestral craftsmanship has been passed down to this successor
In those hard times, Chinese medicinal cuisine whereby the best solution for the ordinary people. At that time, ordinary people who were working as coolies, and farmers who planted sweet potatoes, did it day by day. When they get sick, a bowl of cheap herbal soup might be more effective than the expensive western medicine at that time. It also helped countless poor people through that difficult time
After a lot of experience in making Medicinal cuisine, he also established a Xing Sheng Tang in Malacca in 1950, and passed on the skill of making Medicinal Cuisine to his son Yew kok ann. Yew kok ann followed his father's practice, and also studied theory at the Traditional Chinese Medical institute Malaysia. Later, he practiced medicinal cuisine all over Malaysia, combining theory and practical. Finally, in 1986, the Yew kok ann Chinese Stew Center was established. The Yew kok ann Chinese Stew Center is located at No. 51, Tengkat Tong Shin, Kuala Lumpur. At that time, it get a lot of attention , including the late Chinese education enthusiast Datuk Sim Mow yu. At that time, Datuk Sim Mow-yu ate Yew kok ann's medicinal cuisine and also suggested a couplet for him. "Precious recipes and flavors are known to experts, promoting longevity and strengthening the body"
