Traditional Vietnamese medicine

[1][2] Thuốc Nam is one of two kinds of folk remedies known to villagers, the other being the traditional exercise dưỡng sinh.

[8] In addition to ingested preparations, ointments and poultice are also part of the repertoire, along with steaming therapy (xông hơi).

Various compendiums and treatises on traditional Vietnamese medicine include the 11-volume Nam dược thần hiệu by the 14th century physician Tuệ Tĩnh[9] and Hải Thượng y tông tâm lĩnh by the 18th century physician Hải Thượng Lãn Ông.

Other pre-20th century texts include Nam dược chỉ danh truyền, Tiểu nhi khoa diễn Quốc âm.

Smallpox, a common occurrence in traditional Vietnam, also has a number of prescriptions in historic texts.