In Asia, the balance between “hot” and “cold” is an important theme. It affects multiple behavioral patterns, such as the activities done or not done in the postpartum period, or in a particular season of [ Read more … ]
According to Thai Traditional Medicine (TTM) theory, each person has a Dominant Body Element according to their date of birth, and some additional factors of which we will talk a bit further below in this [ Read more … ]
In official governmental descriptions of the traditional Thai Healing Arts you will often see that a distinction is made between Traditional Thai Medicine (TTM), Thai Indigenous Medicine, and Thai Alternative Medicine. But what exactly is [ Read more … ]
The idea of Winds that enter and exit the body is rather common in Asian traditional medicine systems. You find it in Yoga as the Prana Vayus, in Thai Traditional Medicine as Lom, and in [ Read more … ]
Although you’ll often find the concept of Wind — in Thai language referred to as Lom — referenced in Thai Massage and Thai Yoga (Reusi Dat Ton), sometimes the words Wata and Vata — which [ Read more … ]
The concept of Lom in Thai Massage and in Thai Traditional Medicine (TTM) can loosely be translated as “wind,” “air,” or “breath,” and plays a crucial role in the Thai Healing Arts. Yet, mind that [ Read more … ]
Hara Abdominal Diagnosis (also called Fukushin or Harashin) has its roots in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Although it’s not any longer much used in TCM, it’s still a very important palpation assessment tool in Japanese [ Read more … ]
In this post, we look at what Traditional Medicine exactly stands for, and what methods, techniques, and concepts are its fundamentals. According to the definition of the World Health Organization (WHO) traditional medicine is the [ Read more … ]
Traditional Self-Care tools, aids and essentials vary widely, depending on the type of Self-Care modality, may that be massage, herbal medicine, bodywork, lifestyle or spiritual practices. In Self-Massage, body parts are the actual tools, for [ Read more … ]
The word Ayurveda (Sanskrit: आयुर्वेद) is a combination of two other words Ayu and Veda, where Ayu means Life, Span of Life, or Age, and Veda means Science or Knowledge. Usually, Ayurveda is translated as [ Read more … ]