Hilot is a popular and much used traditional healing system in the Philippines but its origins are rather unclear, although it’s assumed to have originated from both Chinese and Indian Ayurvedic traditional medicine. It’s practiced [ Read more … ]
When you look for Thai Massage courses or treatments in Thailand, you may have encountered the phrase Lanna Thai Massage. In this article, we’re going to explore what “Lanna” stands for, and what exactly is [ Read more … ]
In Thailand, Thai Traditional Medicine (TTM) is defined by law as “the medical processes dealing with the examination, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, or prevention of diseases, or promotion and rehabilitation of the health of humans or [ Read more … ]
Thai Traditional Midwifery treatments and care consist of the knowledge and practices of holistic healthcare and the wisdom handed down by Thai ancestors. The practice itself is called Pradung Kahn and the Thai traditional midwives [ Read more … ]
The basic principle of every branch (including Thai Massage) of Thai Traditional Medicine is the knowledge of the Four Body elements, and their functions and their interrelations which affect health or illness of the individual. [ Read more … ]
According to Traditional Thai Medicine (TTM), the human body is composed of fundamental Four Elements, which are defined as Earth (Din), Water (Naam or Nam), Fire (Fai), and Wind or Air (Lom). In the Thai [ Read more … ]
In Thailand, Thai Massage is not considered an independent healing method, but an integral part of the Traditional Thai Medicine (TTM) framework. To better understand the place of Traditional Thai Massage in Thailand, it’s good [ Read more … ]
It’s not uncommon that Thai Massage schools, institutes, and teachers sometimes omit (or forget) to tell that Traditional Thai Massage (Nuad Thai) is not an isolated phenomenon within the Thai Healing Arts. And that Thai [ Read more … ]