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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
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]
It is influenced by traditional Chinese medicine. The other traditional medicine that is also practiced in Vietnam is traditional Chinese medicine (Trung Y), also known as Northern Herbology (Thuốc Bắc). [1] [2] Thuốc Nam is one of two kinds of folk remedies known to villagers, the other being the traditional exercise dưỡng sinh. [3] [4]
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.
Traditional Thai medicine stems [1] [2] from pre-history indigenous regional practices with a strong animistic foundation, animistic traditions of the Mon and Khmer peoples who occupied the region prior to the migration of the T'ai peoples, T'ai medicine and animistic knowledge, Indian medical knowledge (arriving pre-Ayurveda) coming through the Khmer peoples, Buddhist medical knowledge via ...
This inequality was intensified by the commercialisation of healthcare, where both Western and traditional medicines were marketed aggressively, often prioritising profit over patient care. Furthermore, the overshadowing of traditional practices by Western medicine led to the marginalisation of Korean identity and culture.
On the other hand, the Sri Lankan hela wedakama tradition is a mixture of Sinhala traditional medicine, mainland āyurveda and Siddha systems of India, Unani medicine of Greece through the Arabs, and most importantly, the Desheeya Chikitsa, which is the indigenous medicine of Sri Lanka.
Healers within indigenous communities go by many names ranging from medicine man or woman to herbalist or even shaman and are considered spiritual or religious leaders within their respective tribes. [35] When it comes to healing, tribal healers would look at a plant's characteristics to determine its efficacy for the treatment of an illness. [36]