Summary of building points on traditional medicine at the grassroots level.
(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of August 19, 2014, the Border Guard Command of Nghe An province held a conference to review the construction of traditional medicine points at the grassroots level.
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| Conference scene. |
The project to build a model of traditional medicine, including building a medicinal herb garden and training and instructing doctors and medical staff to use medicinal herbs to treat diseases, has been implemented by the Nghe An Border Guard Medical Corps since 2012, with an initial investment of over 400 million VND. The goal of this project is to build models of medical examination and treatment using traditional medicine, develop medicinal herbs, create local raw materials. After 2 years of implementation, the project has achieved initial good results, contributing to opening a new direction in using medicinal herbs to treat common diseases for soldiers and people in the border area.
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| Taking care of the herbal medicine garden at the provincial Border Guard infirmary. |
Implementing the project, the border guards have collected over 40 types of precious medicinal plants in the area to process effective remedies for the ethnic minorities on the border. Through the project, 100% of the existing medicinal herb gardens in the grassroots units on the two border lines of the province have been consolidated. Border guards have taken advantage of small vacant land areas to plant scattered medicinal herb gardens, with groups of medicinal plants of economic value, developed in accordance with the soil in the border area, thereby coordinating the application of medicinal plants and remedies to treat soldiers and people on the border, and at the same time synthesizing statistics to evaluate actual results. Researching, planting and conserving some precious medicinal plants currently found in nature in the area but have been exhausted for restoration and replication. The project also contributes to consolidating and developing traditional medicine treatment in Nghe An border guards.
In addition to implementing the project, the Provincial Border Guard Command has also invested funds to renovate and consolidate the system of barracks, dining halls, kitchens, and renovate the agricultural gardens of grassroots units according to regulations of the Army logistics sector./.
Hai Thuong– Nghe An Border Guard
