The reality of growing and using Vietnamese medicinal herbs at commune health stations in Thuy Nguyen district, Hai Phong, 2003
- Author:
Nguyen Thi Bien
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medicinal herbs;
Medicinal plants;
Vietnamese medicine;
Growing;
Using;
Hai Phong;
- MeSH:
Plants, Medicinal;
Health
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2005;15(6):76-81
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In 2003, the research on the reality of growing and using the Vietnamese traditional medicine was carried out at 37 commune health stations in Thuy Nguyen district, Hai Phong. Twenty-nine communes had Vietnamese traditional medicine gardens, 17% of which had more than 30 medicinal herbs in the essential list issued by MOH. The diseases can be treated by traditional medicine including coughing, common cold, edema, dysentery, headache, urinary tract diseases, pimple, allergy, osteo-articular pain, and nerve pain. The form of Vietnamese traditional herbs used to treat these diseases was still primitive, and small amount in refined forms such as powder and pills (7%). The factors related to growing and using the Vietnamese medicinal herbs include the presence of medical staff at the CHS, available place for medicinal processing, habit of local people on using medicinals, and people's awareness of the effectiveness and safety of the Vietnamese traditional medicine
