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NEW HERBAL CURE FOR HEPATITIS B
 

  
   Ha Noi, July 12 (VNA) -- The Ha Noi Scientific Studies Recognition Council on Tuesday approved a new medicine for hepatitis B.
   The medicine, made from four kinds of plants, was tested on 75 patients aged between 20 and 65 over a period of three months.
   Dosages of 25mg and 37.5g were administerred to patients with high levels of HBs-Ag content in their blood.
   Six of the patients were totally cured while 50 were free of all symptoms and disgestive troubles caused by the disease, said Dr. Nguyen Ba Kinh, director of Thanh Nhan Hospital, who headed the team.
   Kinh said the cost for treatment with the new medicine is much cheaper than western medicine at VND 150,000 a month per person (10 USD).
   He said use of the new medicine helps reduce the HBs-ag content in the patients' blood by 95 percent while conventional western treatment was able to reduce it only to 40-70 percent.
   The medicine was jointly produced by researchers from military hospitals 103 and 108, and the Thanh Nhan hospital.--Enditem