Beschreibung:
In Thailand, traditional folk medicine competes successfully with Western hospital-based medicine, and represents a popular approach to healing even in modern cities such as Bangkok. This book offers a broad-brush history of medicine in Thailand from the 3rd millennium BC onwards.
Introduction; A Historical Review of Medicine in Pre-Modern Siam; Theravada Buddhism and Medicine in Thailand; Eclectic Influences on Thai Culture and Medicine; A Thai Ayurveda; A Thai Yoga; Thai Folk Healing; Thai Medical Orthodoxy; Epilogue: Directions for Further Research; Index.