4th Exam

• Chinese record - first written accounts of therapeutic massage
• Becomes an integral part of Hindu tradition as exemplified by Sacred Ayuruveda
• Hippocrates - father of Western medicine
• Julius Caesar - massage to help with epilepsy
• Yellow Emperor - become the classic scripture of Chinese medicine
• Asclepius - his holy snake and staff still remain the symbol of the medicinal professionals
• Life of Galen - writings dominated Western thinking for 1500 years
• Persian Phazes - discussed Greek, Roman, and Arabic medicinal practices  including massages
• Greek - massage means to "knead"
• French - masser means to "pressed gently"
• Arabic - mass'h means to "to rub"
• Anothomia - first modern treatise on anatomy
• Andres Vesalius - foundation of human anatomy
• Giovanni Borelli - analysed the phenomenon of muscular contraction
• William Harvey - demonstrated that blood circulation is impelled by the beat of the heart
• Pehr Ling - father of the Swedish massage
• Ayurveda - traditional Chinese medicine
• Traditional medicine - is a tern used to describe any system of healt care that has ancient rules
• Anatomy - is the study of the structure of the body
• Physiology - is the study of the function of the body
• Biochemical - substances that makes up cells are the most basic in level
• Cells - are the most basic units of the body
• Tissues - cells that formed together make up tissues of the body
• Organs - different tissues group together to form the organs of the body
• Harmony of mind, body and emotion - a high level of awareness of one's thoughts, moods, and actions
• Thai Traditional Medicine - states that the body is made up of tard
• TTM has a dominant element called Tard Chao Ruan
• Practitioner - will conduct a physical examination before determining
• TTM (Thai Traditional Medicine) by Vichai Chokevivat
• Supernatural Power - an ancestor's soul, powerful spirits, punishement
• Power of Nature - an imbalance of the four elements of the body
• Kimijati - microorganisms and parasites from conventional Western medicine
• Medicine - herbal remedies and traditional medicines
• Massage(Nuad) - Thai foot massage herbal compresses used alone
• Meditation(Dhammanamai) - buddhist rites and meditation as well as living one's life
• Kayanamai(healthy body) - by practicing Thai yoga and having good diet
• Jitanamai(healthy mind) - by practicing meditation and studying the Buddhist teachings
• Chevitanamai(healthy lifestyle) - by following the middle path of Buddhism
• Hilot - is a traditional native Filipino healing practice
• Manghihilot - perform a ritual to summon divine powers and tries to identify the point in the body