Thai Herbs
Chapter one
The History and Evolution of Traditional .Thai Medicine and Thai Medicinal Plants.
The possession of a sound mind and body has been impelled to search for cures for cures for his ailments. The act of physical healing constitutes, in all probability, one of the most important of human endeavours. Through the test of time, ethno medicine has evolved into an intricate art which has been perpetuated by the passage of knowledge down the generations within each ethnic group. Early civilizations spawned highly developed systems of medicine such as those practiced by the ancient Egyptians, the Chinese and the Indians. Evidence regarding the use of drugs and drug compounding technique, dating back some 3,000-4,000 years, exists in the form of old herbals such as the Chinese “Sern Nong Pen Las” and the famous Egyptian “Eber Papyrus” From these writings, it is evident that knowledge on drug usage is probably as old as the human race. Such knowledge must have been acquired together with the highly intricate art of frug compounding. The Eber Papyrus recorded the use of over 800 drugs which could be dispensed in a variety of dosage forms, such as snuffs, gargling solutions, inhalant, suppositories, ointments as well as oral dosage forms.
From existing evidence on drug usage by various ethnic tribes, it may be surmised that the inhabitants of the Indochinese Penninsula must have developed their own systems of traditional medicine long before Sukhothai became the thriving capital of the region. No evidence has yet been found to substantiate such claims except a stone inscription, dating back to the ancient Khom Empire, which stated that during 1182-1186, King Chaiworamon VII made merit in accordance with the Buddhist belief by ordering the establishment of one hundred and two Arokayasala (hospitals) in an area which is now the north-eastern part of Thailand.
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