Traditional medicine

Lotus root soup – A tasty and healthy appetizer

Medicinal Herbs - 11/08/2021

There are several ways to cook the dish but the most popular one is to stew lotus roots with pork leg. The best quality roots are often from West Lake. The dish should be stewed over lig...

Traditional medicine needs facilitative mechanisms for development: Health minister

Folk Remedies - 10/08/2021

Products made from Vietnamese medicinal herbs have been exported to many countries such as Japan, Germany and France. Speaking at a conferenc...

Snail noodle soup: A dish brings the breath of Hanoi

Folk Remedies - 10/08/2021

To prepare a delicious 'bun oc', makers have to be careful to choose a good snail that is very fat and not soaked in the water too long....

Lagerstroemia's medicinal value

Folk Remedies - 27/11/2019

Lagerstroemia speciosa Pers., belongs to the Horoscope Lythraceae, is a large tree with broad foliage, 10 - 13cm high. Sometimes it has brown spines...

Fish Mint

Folk Remedies - 29/10/2019

Ảnh minh họa Since ancient times, fish mint has been used for herbs and spices to help with digestion and enhancing food. According to Easte...

Mountainous district to host regular ginseng market

Medicinal Herbs - 31/07/2019

Promising root: Ngoc Linh ginseng harvested at a mountain farm in Nam Tra My District. He said the market, to be held every month between the...

Precious ginseng found in Quang Nam

Medicinal Herbs - 31/07/2019

The 1,000 hectares Ba Kich ginseng area in Đăk Mi Preventive Forest is located on a mountainside 500 metres above sea level. Ginseng has...

Vietnam not satisfied about medicinal herb preservation

Medicinal Herbs - 31/07/2019

Vietnam not only has the famous Ngoc Linh ginseng in Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces, but also sam day (Sipunculus nudus), sam cau (Curculigo orchioid...

Sam dai hanh: from folk remedy to capsule in laboratory

Folk Remedies - 31/07/2019

Commonly used in folk remedies as a blood tonic and digestive system supporter, sam dai hanh became a subject for scientific research in the 1970s. Ho...