To perform 3 purposes including home economy, home health, and improvement of environmental landscape. (1) Consolidate and develop role of traditional medicine in commune health and district health to performed well preliminary health care by traditional medicine. (2) Raising health education and communication. (3) Strengthen control, implement decision 03/BYT-CT of Minister of Health. Health Offices must strengthen budget for activities of traditional medicine socialization and recover a medicinal plant garden at communal health station
Acupuncture ; Medicine, Traditional ; Massage

Vietnam traditional medicine has been established for many centuries and has been developing, including Chinese medicine and domestic medicine. Ancestor of the domestic medicine was famous physician "TueTinh". In the period when most of southeast of Asia countries influenced deeply by Chinese medicine TueTinh introduced a theory "Vietnam traditional medicine for Vietnam people". This theory played a very important role for the development of National traditional medicine since then.
Medicine, Traditional ; growth & development

A new species of Stepphnia rotunda Lour. in Langson province had total alcaloid and L-tetrahydropatin component is quite high. In addition, it was isolated and detemined a structure of stepharin in the species. Scientific name is Stephania kuinanensis H.S.Lo et M.Yang
diagnosis ; Species Specificity ; Plants, Medicinal ; Medicine, Traditional

Morinda officinalis how cultivated in 1 family garden, 1 farmhouse garden were all in good growth and development. Flowering and fruiting after 22 months. Root systems were fully developed; root diameters were 0.3-0.7cm, and diameter of root systems were about 30-50cm
Morinda ; Plants, Medicinal ; Medicine, Traditional

The first time the Stephania viridiflavens H.S. Lo et M. Yang has been discovered in North Vietnam (SonLa province).
Stephania ; Incidental Findings ; Plants, Medicinal ; Medicine, Traditional

Mucuna birdwoodiana Tutch. is a new medicinal plant to the flora of Vietnam. The new species was found to the flora of Vietnam. It was identified as mucuna birdwoodiana Tutch. The plant grows wildly in ThanhHoa province. The plant is use similarly to Ke huyet dang (Spathobus suberectus Dunn.).
Antineoplastic Agents ; Plants, Medicinal

The studying on planting Morinda officinalis was carried out. The results showed that Morinda officinalis was very adaptable to the cultivated conditions on the zone of bald hill of midlands in PhuTho province. The cultivated two years old plants strongly grew up, flowered and fruited.
Morinda ; Plants, Medicinal ; Medicine, Traditional

Morinda is experimentally determined the favorable season, the necessary time for germinating Morinda officinalis How seed the percentage of germinated seed. The germinative rate of seed depended on the storage duration stored time after gathering. The germinative started and finished time of seed is 17 days, 14 days, respectively, with highest germinative rate (91.8%).
Morinda ; Seeds ; Plants, Medicinal ; Medicine, Traditional

Materials: leaves and stem of Kimvang (Barleria lupulina Lindl., Acanthaceae) in Mytho city, Cantho province. Methods: extraction by fractional extraction; qualitative analyis by test tube, thin layer chromatography (TLC) and spectrometry. The results: Kimvang contained 12 elements including silicone, magnesium, calcium, strontium, iron, manganum, titanum, copper, natrium, lead and phosphorum and saponine, triterpenoid, flavonoid, phytosterol, tamine pyrocatechic, carotenoid, reduced sugar and fat. The leaves of Kimvang contained compound F (derivative of flavon).
chemistry ; Acanthaceae ; Plants, Medicinal ; Medicine, Traditional

The new apparatus is improved on the base of the apparatus for volatile oils determination of the “Methode I” described in the Vietnamese Pharmacopeia I (1971). It includes in 3 principal parts: a shortneck 0.5-1 liter flask, a cold condenser and a tube adapter, which binds the flask and a condenser. Tube florentin, which is suspensed in the tube adapter, is graduated in 2 parts: the superior part to 0.1ml and the inferior part (smaller) to 0.02ml. The improved apparatus is simple, good closed and permit to determine exactly the volatile oils in the drugs.
Plants, Medicinal ; oils ; Medicine, Traditional