Even today, the traditional medicine in northern Thailand flower and its roots reach back to many hundreds of years.
In northern Thailand, is the art of healing to be the traditional healers passed on to his students by word of mouth. There are no formal training institute for studying the art of traditional medicine. Traditional medicine is very popular in rural areas and villages in northern Thailand.
Northern Thailand is home to many hill tribes, and allthese tribes follow traditional medical practices. Each hill tribe has its own traditional medicine although there is a commonality between the practices.
Mor Muang is the term used to describe the local doctor and it covers the various specialties of traditional medicine. Traditional Medicine in Thailand is generally a male tradition, and outsiders have the masters in order to be accepted. You also have to be an initiation before they pass into a specified acceptabletraditional medicine discipline. Most local doctors are in various aspects of traditional medicine sent, but they tend to practice a particular specialty. The specialties of traditional herbal medicines are healing, bone-blowing and spiritual healing.
A botanist typically includes the entire spectrum of disease and he formulates medicines from herbs and other natural ingredients.
A bone blower is the one who specializes in wounds and bone fractures. It is his task toRepair of fractures and wounds caused by the application of splints or envelopes and then blowing and singing incantations to the affected area.
A spiritual healer leads ceremonies and incantations to the spiritual songs of the person calling the nature and heal the connection to the spiritual leader of the patient and cure him.
