“To improve the quality of life of men and women by providing innovative products derived from clinically proven safe and effective time-honored traditions.”
Empowering men to take prostate health seriously and become proactive about their health by taking Crila*
Meet Award-Winning Scientist -Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram
A Chance Meeting Defines Dr. Tram’s Lifelong Passion
In the early 1990s, Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram was already an established botanical researcher and formulator in Europe. She returned to her homeland determined to research and categorize Vietnam’s health-promoting plants. She wanted to let the world know: the forests of Vietnam hold botanical treasures.
During her expeditions, Dr. Tram took a break at a small tea stand near Hue, Vietnam’s former Imperial capital. The tea seller told her about an herb that the Royal doctors once used. Dr. Tram followed the woman into the forest to see “The King’s Herb”—Crinum plants growing in the wild. Thus began a 30-year quest.
Crila Health was born
The Company was founded in 2007 by a group of investors and supporters - both men and women—who had taken Dr. Tram’s products, experienced the impressive effects, and wanted to ensure the products could be shared with U.S. and international consumers. We supported Dr. Tram in her plantation expansion and construction of her leading-edge, FDA-registered manufacturing facility, and we laid the framework to bring Crila products to American consumers.
In 2010 we achieved that goal, launching Crila’s U.S. website. Crila Health continues to grow exponentially as satisfied customers recommend Crila® products for uterine and prostate and hormone health to their friends and family! Today, our management team and advisory board includes researchers, doctors, and international investment leaders.
Timeline Highlights
Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram
Since the 1980’s, Dr. Tram has devoted her work to the evidence-based scientific study of the herbs used in Vietnamese Health Traditions
1972 – Degree in Pharmacy with emphasis in Pharmacology; Hanoi Medical University
1990 –PhD in Chemistry from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
1990 – Returned to Vietnam to find, research, and catalog health-promoting plants
1990 – Established natural medicinal herb plantation and began development of a proprietary Crinum latifolium cultivar
1998 – Dr. Tram’s Crinum latifolium cultivar earns GRAS status for safe, daily use
2005 – Successful Crila clinical trial on prostate health published; Gold Medal Award from the Ministry of Health of Vietnam for developing Crila for Prostate
2007 – Successful Crila clinical trial on uterine health published; Crila Health begins cooperation and investment in Vietnam; family-owned plantation expanded; Dr. Tram receives Kovalevskaya Prize from the U.S. Committee for Scientific Cooperation with Vietnam*
2010 – Dr. Tram’s new factory receives cGMP certification; registered as a manufacturer with U.S. FDA; begins sales to U.S. consumers
2011 – Dr. Tram seen on Healing Quest TV broadcast on PBS in U.S. and internationally; honored as Vietnam's Leading Scientist and Humanitarian by the Minister of Health
2012 – Dr. Tram honored among Vietnam’s Top 100 women; San Jose Mercury News sends reporter to Vietnam to interview Dr. Tram and Crila Health resulting in front page coverage in 7 U.S. newspapers; Abstract/poster on Crila production presented at the 11th International Conference on the Science of Botanicals, National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, published as Good Agriculture & Collection Practices for new variety Crinum latifolium L. var. crilae TRAM N.T.N. enables the first commercial scale production of this Vietnamese traditional medicinal herb. Planta Med 2012: 78: 509.
2013 - Collaboration with scientists at the UIC, University of Illinois Chicago, College of Pharmacy, on establishing the estrogenicity (estrogen-free) of Crila.
2014 - UIC research findings presented at the NAMS North American Menopause Society conference and published in Menopause which confirms Crila® is Estrogen Free; the World Bank recognizes Dr. Tram for technological innovations in cultivation, extraction and formulation that result in improved livelihoods for the families of rural farmers at the BoP (Base of the Pyramid).
Website: CrilaHealth.com
