Thai traditional medicine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is written like an advertisement. Please help rewrite this article from a neutral point of view. For blatant advertising that would require a fundamental rewrite to become encyclopedic, use {{db-spam}} to mark for speedy deletion. (November 2008)

The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. (November 2008)

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2008)

Thai Traditional Medicine (TTM) is the name given to methods and practices that have been handed down from monks and local knowledge of herbs in the country historically known as Siam. A century ago 'outlawed as quackery'^[1] in favour of western medicine TTM is now making a comeback.

The Seventh National Economing and Social Plan for 1992–1996 stated that "[t]he promotion of people's helth entails the efforts to develop traditional wisdom in health care, including Thai traditional medicine, herbal medicine, and traditional massage, so as to integrate it into the modern health service system". Following up on this, in 1993 the government of Thailand instituted the National Inststite of Thai Traditional Medicine, under the aegis of the Ministry of Public Health, and headed by Dr Phennapa Subcaroen. The goal of the institute, expressed in its own literature, is to "systematize and standardize the body of TTM knowledge", to "gather knowledge, revise, verify, classify, and explain TTM knowledge", and to "compare and explain the philosophies and basic theories of TTM and to produce textbooks on TTM".^[2]

The NITTM drafted a bill, the Traditional Thai Medicinal Wisdom Protection Bill, which was passed and became law in May 2000. This law regulates the access by non-Thai citizens to traditional Thai medicinal knowledge, and was intended to prevent TTM from being appropriated and then exploited by people outside of Thailand. The law was lauded by the local press, including by Sanitsuda Ekachai in a 1997-06-18 editorial in the Bangkok Post, and draw irate responses from the U.S. embassy.^[2]

This medical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e

This Thailand-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e

[edit] References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ ^{a b} Viggo Brun (2003). "Traditional Thai Medicine". in Helaine Selin and Hugh Shapiro. Medicine Across Cultures. Springer. pp. 129. ISBN 1402011660. 

[edit] External links

• C. Disayavanish and P. Disayavanish P. (December 1998). "Introduction of the treatment method of Thai traditional medicine: its validity and future perspectives". Psychiatry Clin Neurosci.: S334–S337. PMID 9895186. 

v • d • e Traditional medicine East Asian Traditional Chinese medicine | Kampo | Traditional Korean medicine | Traditional Mongolian medicine | Traditional Tibetan medicine South & Southeast Asian Ayurveda | Sri Lankan Ayurveda | Jamu | Siddha medicine | Thai traditional medicine | Unani Mediterranean & Near Eastern Byzantine medicine | Ancient Egyptian medicine | Ancient Greek medicine | Medieval Islamic medicine | Ancient Iranian Medicine | Roman medicine African Inyanga | Muti | Nganga | Sangoma | Yoruba medicine Americas Ayahuasca | Aztec | Traditional Brazilian medicine | Maya Australasia & Oceania Bush medicine General Alternative medicine | History of alternative medicine | Health care | Herbal medicine | Medieval medicine | Naturopathic medicine | Prehistoric medicine