Abstract
Thai massage is an integral part of traditional Thai-medicine, which was influenced by Ayurveda. Traditional Thai-medicine, which was practised already before the Sukhothai period (ca. 1238 to 1377) and has been developed further up to the present.
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The ancient traditional Thai-medicine was practised already before the Sukhothai period, which lasted from 1238 or 1250 to 1377 and is considered the first truly Thai kingdom by the by the Thai people,[1] and has been developed further up to the present.[2]
At that time the Thai where moving into their present territories from southern China, where they had been settling for some centuries.[3] The true origin of the Thai people is unknown,[4] there are several legends and scientific theories rivalling with each other and pointing whether to Mongolia, to the south, the southwest or centre of China or to the coastal regions of southern China and northern Vietnam or also to the Thailand of today itself.[5]
Actually there are no historical documents from the first millennium B.C. using the name "Thai" for a tribe being described in them. Not only the legends, but also the scientific theories as well thus rely only on identifications of the Thais with some people being reported about, without always being able to prove their beliefs.[6] Indeed the Thai people proper are to be found in the documents only from the 13th century A.D. on, a time they already been settling everywhere they do so now.[7]
Linguistic studies[8] as well as the archaeological findings of Hih-chai-shan in southern Yunnan could point to Tongking and southern China as the origin of the Thai people.[9]
© 2006 Thailin Thai Massage Berlin- Cf. Apfelbaum (2003), S. 28
- Cf. Brun / Schumacher (1994), S. 1; Chokevivat / Chuthaputti (2005), S. 1
- Cf. Brun / Schumacher (1994), S. 1
- Cf. Mulholland (1979), S. 89
- Cf. Terwiel (1979)
- Cf. Terwiel (1979), S. 241
- Cf. Terwiel (1979), S. 248
- Cf. Chamberlain (1975)
- Cf. Apfelbaum (2003), S. 19; Terwiel (1979), S. 253
Bibliography
Apfelbaum, A. (2003): Thaimassage. Sacred Bodywork. New York 2003.
Brun, V. / Schumacher, T. (1994): Traditional Herbal Medicine in Northern Thailand. Bangkok 1994.
Chamberlain, J. R. (1975): A New Look at the History and Classification of the Tai Languages. In: Harris, J. G. / Chamberlain, J. R. (Eds.): Studies in Tai Linguistics in Honour of William J. Gedney. Bangkok 1975. P. 49-66.
Chokevivat, V. / Chuthaputti, A. (2005): The Role of Thai Traditional Medicine in Health Promotion. Working Paper. 6GCHP Bangkok Thailand 2005 7-11 August 2005 Bangkok, Thailand.
Mulholland, J. (1979): Thai Traditional Medicine: Ancient Thought and Practice in a Thai Context. In: Journal of the Siam Society 2/1979. P. 80-115.
Terwiel, B. J. (1979): The Origin of the T'ai Peoples reconsidered. In: Oriens Extremus 2/1979. P. 239-259.
