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The third Mekong Sante Symposium opened yesterday at Hanoi Medical University (HMU), attracting more than 2,000 domestic delegates and 160 international scientists from 14 countries and territories. This year’s event is taking place at HMU on the occasion of its 110th anniversary, marking an important event in the international co-operation, development and integration of [...]
After Chinese authorities reported that formaldehyde-tainted Chinese cabbage was found in east China’s Shandong province, Vietnam’s concerned agencies are taking samples of the cabbage imported from its neighbor for testing. Yesterday, Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Plant Protection Department requested relevant agencies to take samples of Chinese cabbages on the market for tests [...]
Chinese-sourced dried human placenta is being widely sold at traditional medicine stores in HCM City, posing a great risk to human health concern as experts say they are highly prone to carrying bacteria. Shop offering placenta Panacea sellers Dried placenta is considered a popular medicine in Vietnam and China, with 100 grams of sold for [...]
The recent news that thousands of medicine capsules filled with powdered human baby flesh were uncovered by customs officials in South Korea has sent shockwaves across the world. However, oriental medicine has used them as remedies for many ailments for years and such drugs are sold rampantly and unchecked in Vietnam. Dr. Nguyen Duc Nghia [...]
In the past 27 years, Mr. Pham Duy in Don Village, in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, has saved more than 550 people who were bitten by snakes. Mr. Pham Duy The herbalist, 75, is a member of the Don Village Oriental Medicine Association. Before settling down in Don Village, Mr. Duy was [...]
Inspectors from the Department of Health in Hanoi on April 13 shut down three traditional medical centres that were selling oriental medicines with high lead content. The orange coloured powdered oriental medicine that was used to treat children suffering from thrush in Hanoi (Photo: VnExpress) On April 13, inspectors conducted checks on some of the [...]
Ninety-eight out of 100 tested samples of thuoc cam (a kind of herbal medicine) contained excessive amounts of lead, according to the latest finding from the Institute of Chemistry. A total of 130 people, mostly children, have been admitted to Ha Noi-based Bach Mai Hospital so far this year due to lead contamination caused by [...]
The municipal government of Ho Chi Minh City tightened control over traditional medicines after 10% were found to be fake. Substandard medicines flood the market Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health recovered a number traditional medicines which were mixed with chemicals, contaminated or did not meet standards. The products of the manufacturer Cao Nghia [...]
People have been using herbs to deal with almost any type of sickness for a long time. Traditional medicinelike the traditional Chinese medicine or the Native American medicine, knew and made good use of effective herbal tonics to cure or lighten a range of illnesses, which includes infertility. Herbs are a wonderful choice to treat infertilitybecause they contain only natural substances, eliminating [...]
It is imperative that we ask the following questions: Does the Chinese medicine we see today, that we know of today, reflect what Chinese medicine truly is? Does the level of competence of doctors working in various Chinese medicine institutions today reflect the actual potential of Chinese medicine? And just what is this potential? Where [...]