The development of acupuncture science in Thailand
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Acupuncture therapy is one field of Traditional Chinese Medicine that is recognized as an international. This article was collect opinions from various scholars and situations that occurred in the past in order to further develop ideas for the development of Chinese medicine in the future. We will talk about more than 50 years of the history and development of the acupuncture science in Thailand. Originally, the ancient Chinese medical doctors who moved from mainland China to Thailand had the needles with them. The acupuncture was narrowly well-known only among the overseas Chinese migrants. Later in 1972, the acupuncture started to be well-known by Thai people across the country. Then in 1995, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) had set up a Thai-Chinese Medicine Cooperation Center, an internal divisional level, with the objectives to develop traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to reach proper quality and standard, to be an alternative health care for Thai people along with the western medicine and Thai traditional medicine, and to be a focal point organization cooperating relationship between Thailand and People Republic of China via ministries of Public Health of the two countries. Dr. Chawalit Santikitroonreung was the first director of the division. In 1998, the training course titled “3 - Month Acupuncture” was held for the western medical doctors as the first batch of the course by Department of Medical Services, MOPH. The Ministry had the clear policy to develop all systems of alternative medicines that were going to be integrated into the public health system of the country by regulating it as the national strategy plan, Thai Wisdom Development, Thai Way of Health 2007 - 2001 traditional Chinese medicine is one field of the said strategy plan. At present, about 2,000 doctors have been trained, some of them in government and private hospitals; and 1,834 have graduated from universities and obtained TCM licenses. It can be seen that it is now recognized both in Thailand and internationally, and has played an alternative important role in the treatment of various diseases.
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