The Original Edition of the Traditional Thai Medicine Textbook of Phraya Chanthaburi (Klom): Diagnostic Study of Origins and Literary Convention
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Background and objective (s): The medical text of Phraya Chanthaburi (Klom) is an important Thai traditional text, which has been popular for hundreds of years and widely spread across many areas. The text is well known and is continuously used as a reference. There have been many versions published. At present, the original of the Phraya Chanthaburi (Klom) traditional Thai medical text has not been found. The objectives of the study were, firstly, to study the contents and the history of the traditiona l medical text of Phraya Chanthaburi (Klom), and secondly, to study the structural recording format of the Thai traditional medical text of Phraya Chanthaburi (Klom).
Methodology: Firstly, to transliterate the Thai traditional medical text of Phraya Chanthaburi (Klom) from old Thai script into modern Thai script. Secondly, study the structural recording format of the Thai traditional medical text of Phraya Chanthaburi (Klom), finally, study the substance found in the text.
Main result: Thai traditional medical text of Phraya Chanthaburi (Klom). It appears that the oldest version was found to be an original -document, entitled Khompee Khong Kai Chantaboon Klom Kham Khlong, copies between 1822-1846, composed in verse. This document can be divided into three sections, beginning with a mention of the name of the content that appears. The second part contains the main content and the final section is the concluding part providing blessings, and specifies the day, month and year the copy was completed. There are compose by 2 different compositions which is poetry and rhythmic poetry. There are 10 chapters. By compared with later print versions, it was found that there are less content. The printed version has nineteen chapters, showing an increase in the amount of textual material, resulting from adjustments and further additions.
Relevance to Thai Studies: This study aims to provide knowledge of Thai traditional medical manuscripts, especially the traditional medical text of Phraya Chanthaburi (Klom), a textbook written from his experience in researching various traditional medical scriptures on how to cure disease when new wisdom and knowledge arise. The author's method of treating the disease is based on the symptoms. Certain important content, composed in poetry, would have been chanted to facilitate the memorization of medical texts that had a lot of content. As well, additional notes were inserted to explain the content of the original text .
Conclusion: In summary, the Khompee Khong Kai Chantaboon Klom Kham Khlong manuscript is a textbook on Thai traditional medicine as practiced by Phraya Chanthaburi (Klom). This textbook is considered the oldest version discovered so far. It is regarded as a valuable intellectual heritage and is useful for analyzing Thai traditional medical texts.
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