| Aim:To put together the histories,theories,treatment procedures and the advantages of Tuina(Traditional Chinese Medicine),and to compare it with Traditional Thai Medicine.This is to develop and improve the treatments.Procedure:The research emphasized on analyzing present papers on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Traditional Thai Medicine,from both countries to compare the advantages,disadvantages and the proper treatment procedures.The details of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Traditional Thai Medicine are divided into for parts:1.)The History of Tuina and Thai Massage.2.)The methods and strength of Tuina and Thai Massage.3.)How to use acupoint or specific point and the strength.4.)The cause and how the disease developed,treatment principles and treatment procedure for common diseases.Results:1.Traditional Chinese Medicine and Traditional Thai Medicine both have a long history.The treatments of both were from collective experiments after a long period to become the science on its own right.2.Both Traditional Chinese and Thai Medicine are local knowledge which has its own advantages.The Thai has beautiful form of massage and the respect for patient.However,Tuina emphasize on the isolation of symptoms and analyze the basis of treatment holistically and combine with a variety of treatment procedures.3.Each country has its own strength and advantages.Tuina has a variety of massage techniques including rolling and rubbing.The Thai has only one technique but it is graceful and can be flexible.4.The Thai Traditional massage is influenced by The Indian Traditional Medicine and has been developed over a long period of time.This has shown that the Thai Traditional Massage shares some similarities with Tuina od Chinese Medicine.5.Tuina of Traditional Chinese medicine and Royal Thai Tradinal massage have the same treatment procedures,however,both are influenced by different theories,society,traditional.Therefore,the form of treatments and limits are different. |
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