In fact, many of the courses of treatment and prevention have remained useful until now such as eating ginger as an anti-cold and flu treatment, anti-malaria plants such as Artermisia and Thuong Xanh, tumeric for stomach issues and chewing betel and dying teeth to prevent tooth decay and gum disease and to deaden or anesthetize the gums, etc.) As early as the 2nd century BC, Vietnamese used hundreds of plant species for medicinal purposes. Traditional Vietnamese Medicine (sometimes abbreviated as TVM) has a long history starting in the Hung Vuong dynasty over 2,000 years ago. For thousands of years, Traditional Vietnamese Medicine evolved and was influenced from Traditional Chinese Medicine but also with distinct differences.