Making products aims to help Pharmacy students get more interested in learning, love Pharmacy more, thus being more inspired and enthusiastic in applying learned knowledge into reality, says pharmacist Ly Hong Huong Ha, MA, in charge of Medicinal Materials and Plants, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hong Bang International University (HIU).
HIU’s pharmacy students in a practice session.
She adds that the use of medicine, cosmetics, functional foods from medicinal herbs and herbs is very strong trend in Vietnam as well as all over the world. All learned methodically in class combined with practice will help pharmacy the students get more confidence when choosing to make the most effective products and consulting on how to use them precisely as a future pharmacist.
Products made from medicinal herbs by students of the Faculty of Pharmacy.
Products made by the Faculty’s students with advice from pharmaceutical materials and botanicals lecturers include oil extracts from grapefruit, cajeput, and mint. The others are shampoo products (locust shampoo, ocimum shampoo, grapefruit shampoo, mint shampoo, lemongrass shampoo…) and hair spray products.
Some products from the Faculty of Pharmacy of HIU.
The students also make a series of tea products that can support treatment of diseases: flower tea, lettuce tea, guava leaf tea, chamomile tea, detox tea, calming tea, skin care tea; syrups made from plants for skin care and antioxidant purposes.
Completed flashcard sets by the Pharmacy students.
The students also get instructions to make flashcards for awareness of pharmaceutical materials. This is considered a mini textbook for the subject of pharmacy practice 2. It helps them update and memorize the images of medicinal plants, their main characteristics and scientific names, distinguish pharmaceutical materials (no confusion), master effects and uses. The set of flashcards also has pictures of the end products available on the market.
Le Hong
