Self-reliance in healthcare: N. Korean hospitals manufacture traditional remedies as drug crisis persists - Daily NK English

Self-reliance in healthcare: N. Korean hospitals manufacture traditional remedies as drug crisis persists - Daily NK English

Local hospitals across North Korea are actively manufacturing their own medicines following the regime’s “self-reliance” directive. According to a Daily NK source in North Pyongan province recently, county hospitals in areas including Yomju and Taechon have begun prescribing self-produced traditional medicines to patients this year. These include “Youngsinhwan” made from wild ginseng, “Danggangssughwan,” remedies for arthritis made from aralia r…