Abstract
Under the government of king Rama V. the first medical textbook, the first national formulary, as well as a traditional Thai medicine textbook for students were published. In the 20th century the traditional methods of curing got neglected due to the arrival of western medicine.
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Under the government of king Rama V. the first medical textbook, the Tumra Paetsart, the first national formulary, the Tumra Paetsart Sonkhrau Chabub Luang as well as a traditional Thai medicine textbook for students, the Tumra Vejasuksa were published. They are until today officially accepted textbooks by the Thai Food and Drug Administration to teach traditional Thai medicine.[1] In these texts that were compiled at Wat Pho there are mainly Indian influences but we also find references to the Chinese theory of massage.[2]
The medical theory of the royal school at Wat Pho actually is only a frame for reference and explanation rather than being directly connected the practical treatment.[3] It is important to point out, that traditional practitioners specialize on a certain branch of the medicine but they mostly tend to use comprehensive, combined methods of curing as the traditional Thai medicine is a thoroughly holistic approach to curing as already known from the ancient Greeks.[4]
In the 20th century the traditional methods of curing got neglected due to the arrival of western medicine. In the 1820s the first practitioners educated in western medicine arrived in Thailand, in the second half of the 19th century their number increased sharply and some of them became close friends of the king, Dan Bradley, who brought the first printing press to Thailand even became personal teacher of king Rama IV. for English and sciences.[5]
© 2006 Thailin Thai Massage Berlin- Cf. Brun / Schumacher (1994), S. 7; Chokevivat / Chuthaputti (2005), S. 4
- Cf. Brun / Schumacher (1994), S. 11
- Cf. Brun / Schumacher (1994), S. 32
- Cf. Salguero (2003), S. 12
- Cf. Brun / Schumacher (1994), S. 6f
Bibliography
Brun, V. / Schumacher, T. (1994): Traditional Herbal Medicine in Northern Thailand. Bangkok 1994.
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.
Salguero, C. P. (2003): A Thai Herbal. Traditional Recipes for Health and Harmony. Forres 2003.
