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Traditional Asian medicine is a collective term for several types of traditional medicine practiced in Asia. [1] These include the medical traditions of: East Asia China. Tibet; Japan (Kampo) Korea; Mongolia; Southeast Asia Cambodia; Indonesia (Jamu) Thailand; Vietnam; South Asia Ayurveda; Tamil Nadu (Siddha) West Asia Middle East (Unani) Iran
Kampo or Kanpō medicine (漢方医学, Kanpō igaku), often known simply as Kanpō (漢方, Japanese medicine), is the study of traditional Japanese medicine in Japan following its introduction, beginning in the 7th century. [1] It was adapted and modified to suit Japanese culture and traditions.
Hilot (/HEE-lot/) is an ancient Filipino art of healing. It uses manipulation and massage to achieve the treatment outcome, although techniques differ from one practitioner to another. [1]
Jīvaka is regarded by Thai people as the creator of traditional Thai massage and medicine. Jīvaka was and is for many Buddhists and traditional healers an icon and a source of inspiration. [48] The figure of Jīvaka is presented in ancient texts as evidence for the superiority of Buddhism in both the realm of the spiritual as well as the medical.
Hua Tuo (c. 140–208), courtesy name Yuanhua, was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. [1] Historical texts, such as Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as having been the first person in China to use anaesthesia during surgery.
The exact origins of traditional Khmer medicine (TKM) remains unclear, but it is believed to have been founded and formalised from the Nokor Phnom period (Funan era) to the 9th century, during the Angkorian period. [6] It is influenced by Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine) and traditional Chinese medicine. These foreign frameworks and ...
Traditional Chinese medicine has more than 4,000 years of history as a system of medicine that is based on a philosophical concept of balance ( yin and yang, Qi, Blood, Jing, Bodily fluids, the Five Elements, the emotions, and the spirit) approach to health that is rooted in Taoist philosophy and Chinese culture. As such, the concept of it as ...
Legends abound about the feats of such special healers as "Buraki Ranin", the sixteenth-century queen of Sultan Muhamed, who was said to cure sword wounds overnight with her own dressings. The treatise written by El-Sheikh Ahmed didi of Meedhoo (Seenu Atoll) who died in 1937 forms the foundation of today's traditional medicine. Known as hakeems ...