Abstract:
The purpose of this research is to study as the following :
1. To study the Local Wisdom of Folk Medicine in Isan-Tai area of
Thailand, emphasizing, The Local Wisdom of Folk Medicine in
Nakornrajasima, Burirum, Surin, Srisaket and Ubonrajathani Province.
2. To present the work of medicine men as one of the treatment to the people for their selection and to activate continue study and development on
folk medicine.
This research uses anthropological field work with the research techniques of participant and non participant observation, interviews, survey
research and descriptive research.
The finding of this research have demonstrated that each disease can
be treated by the medicine men with herb, most of the local wisdom were found more than 60 years and have been inherited from the ancestors to the next generation.
Recommendation are the following, most of medicine men were in the
Old age more than 60 years old. We have to encourage to enable them on earned income, that enough to exist on the society. Gathering of the medicine
men are necessary, a resume of each medicine man must be recorded. The convenience independent study are main object. Greating the network of folk medicine to reduce the expenditure on public health. The copyright of the folk medicine must be registered. Distributing Thai folk medicine to a world wide market. It give effect to the local wisdom development, health and ecological tourism, that involve the benefit to develop the country in the future.