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traditional treatments to treat their patients . - Clincanthus nutans for herpes sim-
Recently, Thailand was declared the top plex and herpes zoster infection of the skin,

travel destination for medical tourism of the skin rash and itching.
world by Bloomberg in 2015. The cream dosage form of Clincanthus
Therefore Thai herbal medicine should be nutans was selected to study the stabil-

one of the key success factors of the medical ity of the cream according to the suggested
[9]
tourism Industry . Thus the development of formulation in the National List of Essential
[11]
Thai herbal medicine should be considered Medicines (NLEM) . The reason why Clin-
as priority. canthus nutans cream was selected because
the cream had been well recognized as the
The role of Thai traditional medicine in antiviral cream and the stability of the cream
health promotion and tourism industry is uncertain as mentioned earlier.

According to the development of herbal The purpose of the stability of the Clina-

medicines and medicinal plants and their role canthus nutans cream or Prayayor cream listed
in health promotion, 57 medicinal plants were in National List of Essential Medicines B. E.
selected and recommended to treat and relieve 2561(NLEM 2561) is to verify the appropri-

19 groups of common minor symptoms and ateness of the extraction and compounding
diseases [10-11] . PHC has increased the use of method.

medicinal plants by the public; an attempt has
also been made to increase the use of herbal Methodology
medicines in hospitals in place of modern

medicines, where appropriate, by including 1. Materials
some herbal medicines on the National List 1.1 Collection and identification - The
of Essential Drugs (List of Herbal Medicinal leaves of Clinacanthus nutans were purchased

Products), as follows from the local market, Lumlukka District,
- Curcuma longa L. or Turmeric for Pathumthani, Thailand and identified by mi-
dyspepsia croscopic determination of the leaf.

- Senna alata for constipation 1.2 Extraction-The fresh leaves of Clina-
- Andrographis paniculata for pharyn- canthus nutans were washed thoroughly

gotonsillitis and non-infectious diarrhea with distilled water to remove and clean the
- Zingiber cassumunar for bruises and adhering dust particles. Then the leaves were
muscle sprains left in clean tray until dry. Fifty g of fresh dried