Laos

The reporter learned from the Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden on the 4th that the delegation of the garden that is visiting Laos has officially delivered to the Lao Ministry of Health the manuscript of the "Lao Herbal Medicine Code" commissioned by the government of the country. This book is also the first herbal medicine book in Laos.

    From January 3 to 4, a delegation led by Miao Jianhua, a member of the Party Group of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Health Committee and Director of Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden, visited Laos and participated in the " The handover ceremony of the manuscript of the Lao Herbal Medicine.

    At the handover ceremony, Miao Jianhua first introduced the compilation of the "Lao Herbal Medicine". He said that the "Lao Herbal Medicine Code" is for common and multiple diseases in the country. It is compiled based on the traditional medicine resources already in Laos and still used by the Lao people and with reference to the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia" (2010 edition) standards. The first herbal medicine of Laos. The book collected a total of 160 medicinal materials and 40 prescriptions. It was completed by nearly a hundred experts from China and Laos for nearly two years.

    Miao Jianhua pointed out that the completion of the "Lao Herbal Medicine Code" is the crystallization of the wisdom of scientists from China and Laos, and it is also an important achievement of Laos using traditional medical resources for traditional medical protection in the future. "We hope to promote the publication of the Lao Herbal Medicine Code as soon as possible, play a role in promoting the development of the traditional medicine industry in Laos, and speed up the compilation of the second volume of the Lao Herbal Medicine Code."

    Khamphone Phouthavong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Health of Laos, stated that the Lao and China have cooperated to compile the "Lao Herbal Medicine" this time, although the time is short, but the quality of the compilation is high. It is hoped that both parties can take the handover ceremony as a new starting point to jointly promote the development of traditional medicine in Laos, and use traditional medicine to improve and protect the basic medical health of the Lao people. At the same time, it is hoped that China can provide more support and assistance in scientific research, personnel training and the construction of the Laos Medicinal Botanical Garden. Let the two sides cooperate on the basis of the census of traditional medicine resources and the publication of the "Lao Herbal Medicine" as an opportunity to build Laos into a demonstration zone for the development of traditional medicine in the ASEAN region.

    The Director of the Department of Food and Drugs of Laos, THONGVANG RATSAVONG, expressed his gratitude to China for its strong support in the preparation of the manuscript. He said that the drafting of the Lao Herbal Code is an important manifestation of the implementation of the Lao-China cooperation memorandum on the protection and sustainable use of traditional medicine resources. The exchanges and cooperation between the two parties play an important role in improving the science and technology of traditional medicine in Laos and the training of talents, and will help the sustainable development of traditional medicine in Laos in the future.