Traditional vietnamese medicine between chinese heritage and national tradition

Abstract

The influence of Chinese medical theory and practice on traditional Viet Nam medicine in the past is undeniable. We can discuss about a Chinese heritage. This Chinese School of Traditional Medicine has trained a large number of Vietnamese doctors. There is, however, throughout the history of medicine in Viet Nam and along with the native genius, the birth of a Vietnamese specificity. What is the part of the heritage in this tradition, what is its own distinctiveness? Hence the title of this article.

Keywords

• heritage
• hải thượng lãn ông (海上懒翁)
• northern medicine
• southern medicine
• specificity
• traditional chinese medicine
• tue tinh (慧静)
• vietnamese traditional medicine