The Thai Wisdom, Thai Herbs, Thai Health. : Thai massage therapy

Abstract

When we talk about Thai wisdom, we think of knowledge that has been passed down and used locally or in the community. Whether it is in terms of basic living factors consisting of: The ability to seek food. Housing construction The invention of textile handicrafts for apparel and knowledge in the treatment of ailments. These wisdoms are born from invention. Create to leverage the environment to solve local problems in a self-reliant way. To livelien and improve the quality of life of local people, which has helped Thai society to live peacefully from the past to the present.

It can be seen that the field of treatment is one of the wisdoms that has been passed down from the treatment and solution of health problems of local people from the use of herbs as food and medicine, or the treatment of various methods of traditional healers that can only cure diseases or cure only those that they have inherited, such as herbal medicine healers. Bone Oil Doctor midwife Traditional masseuses, born out of their experience in treatment, have not systematically studied any medical theories.

Thai traditional medicine is a theory about elements influenced by Indian Ayurvedic medicine, consisting of 4 branches:

1. Thai medicine is the diagnosis of Thai traditional medical diseases. Consider the causes of disease from the origin element or the host element. Pathogenic elements (elemental hypothesis) The disease season (meteorological origin), age range (age of origin), period of disease (time of origin) and habitat characteristics (country of origin), as well as behaviors that cause disease together with physical assessment to provide treatment according to the knowledge of Thai traditional medicine with herbal medicine or procedures to restore physical health.
2. Thai pharmacy is the preparation of herbal medicines by using herbal medicines to be the right place, the right part, the right size, the right way and the right disease to relieve illness.
3. Thai midwifery is a therapeutic, health promotion, advice for pregnant women and restoring their health after childbirth through Thai traditional medicine.
4. Thai massage or Thai Procedure is another science and art that aims to treat the abnormalities of the four elements in the body caused by the jamming of blood and wind in the lines. squeeze Crushing, chopping or other processes as inherited and developed.