January 18, 2012
Nguyen Dinh Loi (R) and Nguyen Dinh Kien. Three men from northern Vietnam, convicted of rape and robbery ten years ago and released early 2010 , will have to continue their jail terms, according to a Hanoi People’s Court decision sent to them on Monday. The decision, signed on January 12, noted that they would [...]
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November 6, 2011
A doctor examines 27-year-old Nguyen Thi Ngoc Mai, who suffers from strange rapid-aging condition. Doctors from Hoan My Hospital in Da Nang have said they will be able treat a 27-year-old woman suffering from a strange condition that makes her look much older than her age. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Mai of Quang Nam Province’s Hoi [...]
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October 7, 2011
Doctors have yet to identify what prompted a rapid-aging process in 23-year-old woman who now looks 70 Nguyen Thi Phuong (L), 26, looks about 50 years her senior due to a strange rapid-aging affliction that began in 2008 Nguyen Thanh Tuyen’s love for his wife never faded as he watched her youthful beauty crumble [...]
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April 6, 2011
An old pharmacy featuring the northern style, was relocated to the Fito Museum's second floor. It has medicinal chests, small pillows on the table where patients put their arms for the doctor to feel their pulse, and a medicinal scale. Ngoc Ha looks healthy and youthful at 50. The woman with her hair dyed blonde [...]
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February 25, 2011
Practitioners of Chinese traditional medicine say the foot has a multitude of pressure points and that manipulating them — while loosening up those tired soles — promotes health in other parts of the body and helps prevent illness. Most people put one in front of the other as a most basic way to get around, [...]
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December 7, 2010
Bile bear extracted from the gall bladder of a bear at a farm in northern Vietnam. A recent survey conducted by a non-governmental organization found that a majority of traditional medicine practitioners in Vietnam oppose bear bile farming and prefer herbal alternatives. Many of the practitioners cited fears that the ursine bile can prove toxic [...]
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January 31, 2010
Modern nutrition is based on knowing the chemical composition of foods, and advice regarding a healthy diet is given based on the protein, carbohydrates, fat and other content in different foods. However, the nutritional balance from a traditional medicine perspective is different. Here the focus is on the qualities of the food, whether it is [...]
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December 19, 2009
There are several traditional ways to treat flu. Rubbing the back to take the toxins out is one of them. Vietnamese traditional medicine has treatments for many ailments that can, in some ways, be called non-medicinal. For instance, traditional medicine pioneer Tue Tinh (in 14th century) came up with several ways to rub out a [...]
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November 14, 2009
This photo, taken on November 11, shows the front of An Khang Medical Practice in Ho Chi Minh Cityâ Dodgy practitioners of traditional medicine are preying on the vulnerable with outrageous prices and dangerous prescriptions. The Ministry of Health has ordered a nationwide inspection of traditional medicine clinics that employ Chinese or other foreign practitioners.Provincial [...]
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October 17, 2009
A cook prepares meal with hà u (oysters) in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Preventing a stroke is clearly easier and better than treating it. The good news is that there are normal food items that can help us do it.A stroke leads to the rapid loss of brain functions due to disturbances in the blood [...]
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