Abstract
In the years 1923 and 1936 most traditional practitioners lost their license. But in the late 70s the traditional Thai medicine started to gain more attention again.
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At the first western clinic, the Siriraj Hospital, being opened in 1888, western medicine was taught alongside traditional Thai medicine in the beginning.[1] But 1906,[2] according to other sources 1916, this was stopped as it confused the students.[3] As traditional Thai medicine was taught with the parrot method, the teacher reading his manuscript and the students writing it down and learning it by heart the teaching was not very successful.[4]
The western practitioners of the Siriraj Hospital also were called to the royal palace, especially when traditional methods had failed. So the traditional practitioners of the courts were in constant contact with western medicine.[5]
In the years 1923 and 1936 most traditional practitioners lost their license as they failed to obtain the official registration being compulsory now.[6] Also those still working officially got expulsed from the public health system as it only concentrated on western medicine.[7]
From the 1950s on the government also demanded candidates to perform exams in traditional medicine or pharmacy to obtain a license as traditional Thai medical practitioners. By this a certain standard of quality was guaranteed.[8]
In the year 1957 a school for traditional medicine was opened at the Wat Pho monasteries, being the first of many schools existing today.[9] Already in the late 1950s this schools were founded in the major cities,[10] but their influence first stayed limited.[11]
But in the late 70s the traditional Thai medicine started to gain more attention.[12]
© 2006 Thailin Thai Massage Berlin- Cf. Brun (2003), S. 124
- Cf. Brun (2003), S. 125; Brun / Schumacher (1994), S. 8
- Cf. Chokevivat / Chuthaputti (2005), S. 5
- Cf. Brun / Schumacher (1994), S. 8
- Cf. Brun / Schumacher (1994), S. 7
- Cf. Chokevivat / Chuthaputti (2005), S. 5
- Cf. Chokevivat / Chuthaputti (2005), S. 5
- Cf. Brun (2003), S. 115
- Cf. Brun / Schumacher (1994), S. 9
- Cf. Brun (2003), S. 115
- Cf. Chokevivat / Chuthaputti (2005), S. 1
Bibliography
Brun, V. (2003): Traditional Thai Medicine. In: Selin, H. / Shapiro, H. (Eds.): Medicine Across Cultures. History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Boston / London 2003. P. 115-132.
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.
