Ginseng has been a precious traditional remedy, used to invigorate primodial “qi”, to tonify the blood and promote the secretion of body fluid, and relieve mental stress. The main constituents of Ginseng, which were attributable to biological activities, were saponins, including 13 ginsenosides. Ginseng was proved to have the following effects: Promoting both excitatory and inhibitory process of the nervous system, rehabilitating the balance, therefore reversing nervous disorders associated with mental stress; Fighting against fatigue, raising the ability of intellectual and physical works; Enhancing the potential body respondence to harmful stimulations; Acting on the endocrinal system, such as pituitary gland, adrenal cortex, genital gland; Influencing on the metabolism of glucid, lipid, protid; Regulating the cardiac functions, blood vessels and blood pressure; Protecting the kidney; Broad antibacterial spectrum
Medicine, Traditional ; Therapeutics ; Medicine, Herbal

Research was done in 150 subjects aged from 20 to 74 years old, dividing into 3 groups: normal adult subject, aged patients with hypertension and aged patients with neuralsthenia. Concentrations of catecholamin, acetylcholin and cortisol were measured in 2 different times: before and 8 weeks after practising traditional techniques of relaxation. The results showed that: tratitional techniques exercising reduced serum level of catecholamin, acetylchoin cortisol after 8 weeks exercising continously
Relaxation ; Medicine, Traditional ; Hormones

The author described “chung bon don” is reverse air from bottom to upper of the gastrointestinal system. Some signals of the disease are severe abdominal pain, difficulty in breathing, dizzy. palpitation, abnormal feeling (hot or cold) and hungry. The author did bring some dialectical reasoning and how to treat this disease. All for treat the disease are medicinal plants that are available in Viet Nam. There are 3 remedies here. They are: “Bon don” remedy, “Que chi gia que” remedy, and “phuc linh que chi cam thao dai tao” remedy
Naturopathy ; Plants, medicinal ; Medicine, Traditional

The traditional medicine has been developing together with the development of the country. The modern medicine came into Vietnam in XVII century. On the scientific basis, inherite of the traditional medicine, the combination of the traditional medicine and the modern medicine aims at building the Viet nam’s health sector which is suitable with the country’s condition and the people needs. During its own development, the health sector has obtained some major achivement including enhancement of the capacity of the people health protection and care, strengthen of the medical equipment and collection of the valuable experiences of building the country health sector by the combining the traditional and modern medicine
Medicine ; Medicine, Traditional

OBJECTIVES: The average alcohol consumption per capita among Vietnamese adults has consistently increased. Although alcohol-related disorders have been extensively studied, there is a paucity of research shedding light on this issue among Internet users. The study aimed to examine the severity of alcohol-related disorders and other associated factors that might predispose individuals towards alcohol usage in a sample of youths recruited online. METHODS: An online cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,080 Vietnamese youths. A standardized questionnaire was used. Respondent-driven sampling was applied to recruit participants. Multivariate logistic and Tobit regressions were utilized to identify the associated factors. RESULTS: About 59.5% of the males and 12.7% of the total youths declared that they were actively using alcohol. From the total sample, a cumulative total of 32.3% of the participants were drinking alcohol, with 21.8% and 25.0% of the participants being classified as drinking hazardously and binge drinkers, respectively. The majority of the participants (60.7%) were in the pre-contemplative stage. CONCLUSIONS: A high prevalence of hazardous drinking was recognized among online Vietnamese youths. In addition, we found relationships between alcohol use disorder and other addictive disorders, such as tobacco smoking and water-pipe usage. Our results highlighted that the majority of the individuals are not receptive to the idea of changing their alcohol habits, and this would imply that there ought to be more government effort towards the implementation of effective alcohol control policies.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Alcohol Drinking ; Alcohol-Related Disorders ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group* ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Drinking ; Humans ; Internet ; Male ; Prevalence ; Risk Factors* ; Smoking ; Surveys and Questionnaires* ; Vietnam

Backgroud: The aim of this study is to update on antibiotic resistance of common pathogenical bacteria isolated in Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital (Hue UMP Hospital). Methodology: Use of the agar disk diffusion method to test the susceptibility to antimicrobial agents of 3709 bacterial strains from infected patients hospitalized in Hue UMP Hospital in 2020 - 2022. Results: Among 3709 strains of pathogenical bacteria isolated, S.aureus was found with the rate of 29.9%, followed by E. coli (24.5%), Pseudomonas aeruginasa (17.8%), Enterococcus spp. (11.8%), Klebsiella spp (9.7%) and Acinetobacter spp (4.1%). The proportion of bacterial isolates has changed, but Staphylococcus aureus is still highest rate. S.aureus is resistant to many antibiotics, but MRSA strains have decreased significantly, from 73.3% in 2020 to 62.5% in 2022. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was resistant to some of the group A recommended antibiotics such as ceftazidime, piperacillin-tazobactam with the rate of 56.6% and 48.7%. The percentage of E. coli with ESBL strains (+) was at 28.2% - 30.3%. Enterococus spp strains are still sensitive to vancomycin (83.1% - 91.9%). The rate of Klebsiella ESBL (+) is only 6.9% to 8.2%. The strains of Acinetobacter spp were highly resistant to Piperacillin (100%) and Ceftriaxone (96.5%) but they are still sensitive to imipenems 70 - 71%, highly sensitive to Doxycillin (95.2%) and Cefotaxime (88.4%). Conclusion: Many bacterial strains are resistant to many commonly antibiotics. Providing timely, regular, and effective management of antibiotic resistance patterns for common pathogenic bacteria in hospitals, will help reduce the risk of bacterial resistance.