Nyonya Meneer

Lauw Ping Nio (1895–1978), better known by her alias Nyonya Meneer, was an Indonesian businesswoman in the herbal medicine industry.

Biography Lauw Ping Nio was born in 1895 in Sidoarjo, East Java, Dutch East Indies, and was of Chinese descent. She was the third of five children. She became known by the alias Nyonya Meneer (Mrs Meneer) - a name taken from the Dutch word for groat rice.

Meneer was married at the age of 16 to merchant Ong Bian Wan. When Meneer was pregnant with her four children, She also treated her husband with herbal medicines when he was unwell with stomach complaints. Meneer's face was included on the packaging of all the products as a symbol that she herself came to the customers with the product.

Meneer died in 1978 in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. It displays herbs and the tools used in the production of traditional medicines.