News Forum - Department of traditional medicine says it can treat Long Covid with Thai herbs

[Thaiger]

Long Covid, the often-debilitating series of symptoms some people are left with even after recovering from Covid-19, can be treated with Thai herbs. So says the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, which is offering treatment to Long Covid sufferers. The Bangkok Post reports that practitioners of traditional and alternative therapies have launched a mobile unit offering Thai herbs in Lampang, northern Thailand. Department chief Dr Thiti Sawaengtham says the treatment is being offered for free and is available nationwide. The cost is being covered by a 246-million-baht budget from central government. According to Thiti, around 400,000 people are […]

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[Prosaap]

Wow that will be the first thai contribution to the world (after the rotten fish) to bad experience learn me to never trust a thai specialy a so called specialist that learn to read google and come up with stuff everybody know a year ago 

[Poolie]

Dont knock natural medicine until you've tried it. I could barely walk until I started acupuncture and massage and now I can get about fine.

[vvdb.fr]

that's great, in which scientific journal will these studies be published?

The active ingredients will be quickly synthesized to treat the whole world.

[vvdb.fr]

Just now, Poolie said:

Dont knock natural medicine until you've tried it. I could barely walk until I started acupuncture and massage and now I can get about fine.

there are miracles in Lourdes too.

we are talking about science, not personal experience.

[Vince]

1 hour ago, Prosaap said:

Wow that will be the first thai contribution to the world (after the rotten fish) to bad experience learn me to never trust a thai specialy a so called specialist that learn to read google and come up with stuff everybody know a year ago 

If by rotten fish you mean fermented fish sauce its quite similar to Garum 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garum 

And it dates back thousands of years to the Greeks and Romans.

Not sure of the history of fish sauce in Asia but I'll guess it's pretty ancient..

 

 

[Vince]

I read cannabis can be used in traditional medicine, legally.

Can we use cannabis for long COVID?

A friend wants to know. 

[Prosaap]

So if they not come up with the fermented fish this mean they have invented nothing poor so called scientist they are ahead in the year counting and still not smarter then a 14 year old

[Paco]

Add some cannabis maybe people want it

[Faraday]

8 hours ago, vvdb.fr said:

that's great, in which scientific journal will these studies be published?

The active ingredients will be quickly synthesized to treat the whole world.

There are many, here's one:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.08.415836v1.full

[Rain]

8 hours ago, Poolie said:

Dont knock natural medicine until you've tried it. I could barely walk until I started acupuncture and massage and now I can get about fine.

As most [Westerners] forget, or don't know, where their modern allopathic practices originate from and are modeled after - ancient and wiser cultures the world over.

[Poolie]

1 minute ago, Rain said:

As most [Westerners] forget, or don't know, where their modern allopathic practices originate from and are modeled after - ancient and wiser cultures the world over.

Hallelujah to that, brother.

The most unlikely things I get offered for various ailments are, to say the least shocking. But all seem to have an effect.

[Faraday]

Heaven knows what will be suggested next, maybe a plant that used in heart problems?

Nah, that's never gonna happen.

[Prosaap]

Well i consider the thai ancient culture but for sure not a wiser one not by a long shot the  are ahead by year counting  after that bright idea they stop for a few thousand year thinking they know it beter and know it all they still think that way if the world go right the thai go left not learn not want to learn from mistake from others 

[Vince]

10 hours ago, Prosaap said:

So if they not come up with the fermented fish this mean they have invented nothing poor so called scientist they are ahead in the year counting and still not smarter then a 14 year old

A bit harsh mate? 

Thailand may not have invented nuclear weapons or the internet but chances are your country didn't either ;-) 

Relax and enjoy some Kratom. 

[Vince]

6 hours ago, Rain said:

As most [Westerners] forget, or don't know, where their modern allopathic practices originate from and are modeled after - ancient and wiser cultures the world over.

You mean Rome and Greece, right?