PriMera Scientific Medicine and Public Health (ISSN: 2833-5627)

Short Communication

Volume 3 Issue 6

Traditional Medicine in Vietnam

Naufal Aldila Tefara and Lakshmi Balasundaram*

November 28, 2023

DOI : 10.56831/PSMPH-03-106

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Abstract

Traditional medicine (TM)/folk medicine (FM) has had a profound impact in Vietnam, with it being a mainstream medical practice, though which has been slowing phasing out, in the country and TM/FM coexisting with modern western medicine. Within Traditional medicinal practices in Vietnam, there are two kinds of Traditional medicine - Thuốc Nam i.e., Southern Herbology/medicine and Thuốc Bắc, i.e., Northern Herbology/medicine. The former is indigenous Vietnamese traditional medicine which developed from Vietnamese folk knowledge, whilst the latter is traditional Chinese medicine introduced from centuries of medical exchanges between various Chinese and Vietnamese dynasties. (Adorisio S, et al., 2016) This will cover both practices as one.

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