The aim of this study was to survey the recognition and utilization of traditional medicine among the clinical doctors who working at traditional medicine hospital in Vietnam. The survey was conducted for 3month from September to November, 2012. As a result, the highest recognized traditional medicine was acupuncture(91.4%) and herbal medicine(86.1%). Almost of respondents had ever used acupuncture(99.4%), massage or acupressure(97.6%) and herbal medicine(95.3%) in daily clinical practice. And commonly treated health problem was neurological and psychological disease(23.5%). The most used diagnostic methods were tongue diagnosis and pulse diagnosis(97.6%). This survey will help to explore the point of contact between the traditional medicine of Vietnam and Korea. This survey results could be used as basic materials to actively approach traditional medical markets through international exchange and cooperation in the future.
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