The story of physician Nguyen Cao Nien with a "good hand" in curing diseases

Physician Nguyen Cao Nien (born 1949) grew up in a family with a tradition of practicing medicine in Dai Lu village, Hong Loc commune, Ha Tinh province. At the age of 17, his family sent him to study oriental medicine in his hometown, but 1 year later, following the sacred call of the Fatherland, the young man Nguyen Cao Nien decided to join the army.

In the army, he continued to study oriental medicine at Institute 177 under the General Department of Logistics, then studied western medicine and continued to work at the General Department of Logistics. Combining oriental and western medicine helped him gain a lot of experience in medical examination and treatment, so that after he was discharged from the army and returned to his hometown, he devoted all the knowledge and experience he had accumulated to serve the people.

Not allowing himself to rest after returning from the army, physician Nguyen Cao Nien began researching and developing two family-secret remedies for burns and kidney disease.

Up to now, physician Nguyen Cao Nien has spent more than 50 years researching, developing and using his family's traditional burn treatment. He has treated many patients in and outside the province. He confided: "Treating burns is not only important in healing wounds but also ensuring the patient's aesthetics, especially wounds in open areas. For young people, this factor is especially important, so I will try my best not to leave scars on the skin."

The Department of Health issued a certificate of medical practice and a certificate of traditional medicine to physician Nguyen Cao Nien.

Not only treating burns, in recent years, physician Nguyen Cao Nien has also worked hard to research and develop a remedy for kidney failure. Although the remedy is most effective for patients with stage 3 kidney failure or less who have not yet required dialysis, its reputation has spread far and wide, and hundreds of kidney failure patients have been cured.

Physician Nguyen Cao Niem prescribes medicine for patients at home.

Many years have passed, but Mr. Nguyen Tien Dung (Mai Hoa commune, former Vu Quang district) still cannot forget the days when he and his son went to large and small hospitals to get treatment, but then he heard the name and learned about the medicine of physician Nguyen Cao Nien, so he sought help. Mr. Nguyen Tien Dung shared: “When my son was 12 years old, he had kidney failure and had been treated many times. After being instructed by others, I went to Mr. Nguyen Cao Nien. Now his illness is cured and he has a family.”

“Cao Nien Kidney Failure Medicine” is a family recipe of Mr. Nguyen Truat passed down to his son, Mr. Nguyen Hieu, and then to his grandson, Nguyen Cao Nien. The recipe combines a number of medicinal herbs that can help restore and support kidney function. Physician Nguyen Cao Nien continued to research and draw on his experience to create a complete recipe. The recipe has cured many people.

Physician Nguyen Cao Nien always takes time to check medicinal herbs before using them on patients.

With the results tested on patients, currently, his kidney failure treatment has been continued to be coordinated by a medical facility in Ho Chi Minh City to research and perfect the scientific basis for widespread use in the community. The Ha Tinh Department of Health has also issued a certificate for the person with the traditional medicine "Cao Nien Kidney Failure Medicine", the Ha Tinh Oriental Medicine Association has organized a scientific conference to report on the topic of treating chronic kidney failure with traditional oriental medicine "Cao Nien Kidney Failure Medicine".

Recognizing the importance of the kidney failure treatment prescription of physician Nguyen Cao Nien, Dr. Tran Minh Hieu - Deputy Director of the Training Center, directing the Central Hospital of Traditional Medicine also highly appreciated the effectiveness of the prescription. Dr. Tran Minh Hieu also expressed his hope that physician Nguyen Cao Nien will cooperate more closely with the functional departments in Ha Tinh to develop the prescription with full scientific arguments so that the prescription will soon be widely applied in the community.

Dr. Tran Minh Hieu - Deputy Director of the Training Center, Central Hospital of Traditional Medicine spoke at the scientific conference reporting on the topic of treating kidney failure with oriental medicine "Kidney failure medicine for the elderly" held in early July 2025 in Ha Tinh.

With his talent and medical ethics, in 2014, physician Nguyen Cao Nien was awarded a certificate and a medal for outstanding physician nationwide by the Vietnam Medical Association. In 2015, he won the Green Product Award for Vietnamese Health. Most recently, in 2024, he was awarded a certificate of merit by the President of the Central Vietnam Oriental Medicine Association. With his heart and medical ethics, he has been loved and trusted by the people and called "The Countryside Divine Doctor".

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