Medication from Lanna intellect

The original ivory massage

Diseases that can be cured by massage

1. Tendon inflammation is caused by working in the same posture persistently or contraction on certain organ for a long time. When the muscles in that area are not relaxed, pain occurs.
2. Muscle pain is mostly found at arm muscles, leg muscles, back muscles, nape muscles. It can be acute or chronic. Some persons feel pain all the time. The affected area will be swollen and hot. It hurts with particular posture. The cause is usually from lifting heavy items or lifting with incorrect posture or by working hard.
3. Joint pain, knee pain, and joint inflammation are mostly found in obese and elderly persons. Generally, it hurts at knee joint, which is caused by degeneration due to age and supporting excess weight of the body for a long time degrades the joint.
4. Degenerative disc disease: The affected area around the waist can cause pain at legs and arms. It hurts all the time or hurts very much when moving the waist because vertebral discs press on nerves. The cause that vertebral discs press on nerves is due to working or moving in wrong posture.
5. Paresis: The patient feels numb throughout the body or either side of the body. The patient can walk but not conveniently. He hardly moves his limbs because blood vessels of the brain are blocked and blood cannot circulate properly.
6. Paralysis: The patient cannot move or can move very little. He might feel numb. If he can move either side of the body, it is called hemiplegia. It is caused by stenosis of brain blood vessels or blood clot blocks blood vessels that lead to the brain. If the patient cannot move at all, it is called paralysis.
7. General pain without causes: It mostly hurts at muscles and bones than other parts.

Lanna native medication or Mor Maung is healing diseases by Lanna ancient intellect. In Thailand, healthcare in rural community is based on culture consisted of thought and belief. It is norm of lifestyle for healthcare called health culture. Therefore, local medication plays important role in healthcare of people, which has been carried on from the past.

There are many methods of physical therapy, including massage and hammer massage. Hammer massage is one healing method that is inherited from ancestors. It cures disease and heals symptoms about bones, muscles, tendons, blood circulation, chronic fatigue, vertebral disc disease, paralysis, paresis, osteoarthritis, gout (joint pain), coronary artery stenosis, and diabetes.

After treatment according to the principle of Lanna ancient medication, psychotherapy ceremony will be held to take care of mental health, for example, making merit.