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Description: Thai traditional medicine is one of two legally recognized systems of medicine practised in Thailand, the other being Western medicine. The authorised teaching syllabus for the licensing examinations in Thai traditional medicine and pharmacy is a group of medical texts handed down for generations. By identifying the systems of classification of diseases, and by applying the systems of classification of drugs used in Thai traditional medicine and pharmacy, some of the theories of the traditional practitioner have been clarified. The therapeutic uses of a select group of drugs which occur as ingredients in many of the recipes for medicine in the text have been compared, where possible, with uses known in Thailand and in Western medicine, and some examples of the various types of medicinal treatment are given.
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