Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine

 Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital | Mahidol University

    The History of Siriraj Applied Thai Traditional Medicine

  •      Thai traditional medicine is a one of Thailand’s wisdom which has been evolved and has served Thai society for generations.

 

  •       In 1988, the early years of Siriraj Hospital, Thai traditional practitioners still had a role in providing care for patients at the time, and traditional medicine was also included in the medical curriculum.

 

  •       Later on, western medicine became more popular in Thailand. The emphasis was put more on the learning of scientific subjects and clinical practices, increasing its duration of lecturing and practicing western medicine within the course, while teaching traditional medicine was finally removed from the curriculum in 1915.

 

 

 

 

  •           In 2003, Ayurved School was incorporated into the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University as a new department named the Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine. The school replaced the old curriculum with a new four-year curriculum leading to a bachelor’s degree in Applied Thai Traditional Medicine.

 

  •        In 2007, HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon graciously changed the name of the school into 'Ayurved Thamrong School' which means the school which endowed with the knowledge of medicine.

 

 

  •    Professor Dr. Ouay Ketusinh, a renowned professor of western medicine from the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, who believed that Thai traditional medicine could be established in the health care system and become sustainable, Thai traditional medicine itself must have the potential to develop and that potential comes from Thai Traditional practitioners who are not only professionally competent but also have knowledge of basic medical sciences similar to that of practitioners and other health-related professionals of western medicine. This field was later named Applied Thai Traditional Medicine to distinguish it from the conventional Thai traditional medicine.

 

  •   In 1980, Professor Dr. Ouay Ketusinh set up a foundation under the patronage of the Supreme Patriarch and HRH Prince Maha Chakri Sirindhon. Later on, in 1982, he established a school, named Ayurved-vidyalaya (Jivaka Komarabhacca) to teach a three-year course in Thai traditional medicine based on his philosophy.

 

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