Antimalarial drugs being sold in the private sector

125 alternative treatment providers (ATPs) in 3 provinces Son La, Gia Lai and Song Be were investigated using in-deep interviews. Antimalarial drugs were sold in > 95% of these ATPs. Almost all common antimalarials with different formulation and from different sources were available. Pharmaceutical inspection should be strengthened

Study on antihypertensive action of the receipt: "Hypotensive tisane"

Evaluation on the hypotensive action and preliminary finding about active mechanism of "hypotensive tisane" in experimental animals. The trial performed on the dogs shown that "hypotensive tisane" were used at dose of 4g/kg have rapid, long effect and decrease heartbeat. In addition, it had effects on strong vasodilatation, and on the process of lymphocyte form change, and antibacterial effect with some bacteria and fungus