History of Tradition Massage

History of Tradition Massage

    It believes that basis of massage come from India by a kind of scholar and ascetic in the ancient who is doctor for Sakya Royal. The doctor who assigns to Buddha is the originator. Not foundation evident for when does it popular to Thailand. It is find out that massaging has just in palace by massage for only King or government. Afterwards it is popular to original people. For Thailand, it has the old evident history called “Silajaruek”. In the Sovereign age, on the engrave stone has many pictures about treatment by massage. Moreover, it has the important evident is the written account records of France’ ambassador name is “Simon La Lu Bare”. In the Brahmin God age of the Krungsriayutaya 2204 BE, it’s refer to massage for treat of Thai that “In Siam, if someone were sick, it will be treat by expert in massage go up to the back and put one’s foot upon. It refers to “The pregnant usually step on by children for easy to give birth” In the Brahmin God age, it is regarded as gold of Thai massage physician to called “Handicrafts of Thai massage”. It’s arrange in right to the possession official residence of a high-ranking where is the place for only King”

    About 2300, it started to write the reference book about massaging on the prepared corypha palm-leaves for writing put poses with Pali language.

    Since 2310, Krungsriayutaya was burned by Burma people. It is effect to these reference books were missing. Just in some part were remain, it had official to bid the knowledge about old massage.

    In the Pha Brolumtrilokkanard age later, it has divided the land to be the right to the possession of farmland for masseuse as the same as government in Ayutaya period.

    In Siam period, Thai massaging is maintained to continue that pattern from Ayutaya period. But only some parts lose, it still left just doctor and quack that lives in around provincial town. So they can have more knowledge muster people from this tribe.

    In the Somdej Phaputtayodfajalalok King period, he pleased to make molded figure like hermit image to perform manual training unit 80 style, which is molded figure made of tin and to inscribe the Thai massage on the marble plate. It is including many details decorate on the wall and on the pole in Por temple. Until to the Somdej Phaneungkaojaoauhua King Period, he has arranged to renovate Por temple again.

    In 2347 period, there are compile assemble about masseuse reference books for 60 pictures to engrave at Buddhist sanctuary public hall. In the north, it has wrote in human pattern which to inform line position and important point for each cure to people have more information to know. Furthermore, it has to improve new hermit image to perform manual training. In the Phabatsomdejphajomkaojaoauhua period later, he was purifying the reference book called “Royal Physician Reference Book or Doctor in Palace”. When the west physician come to Thailand, the royal physicians’ reference book became lose from that king’s court.

    In the Somdej Phamonhkudkaojaoauhua period, the masseuse in royal palace is the origin massaging that transmits from ancient.

    In Prabatsomdejphajullajomkaojaoauhua period, he ordered to physician arrange to council for the revision of the Buddhist Scripture of the Tri-pitaka in 2449 and translated physician textbook from Bali language to Thai language. So it arranges in section and makes it in the book called “Compile Medicine Textbook” which has including public massage textbook.

    In 2475, there are started to make the place which expose knowledge to treat by herbs and the firth to massage. On that time, many people not interesting for that. Later, there are some people want to study the massage more until establish the old physicians association in Thailand for the first time by headmaster named “Santawatin” who is the first president and relay the massage training also. When May 30, 2505, Pon Tomyanim who is doctor and assembly has to establish the old medicine association school.

    Pro Temple started to teach by cling to a post about the individual expert to tell in someone on how to do. After that in 2354, Mr. Komtorn tangtongjit who former president of old physicians association arranged the massage textbook to be standard massaging. So he take the expert include 18 people to hold conference plan to make standard textbook.

    In the present tome, massaging has more popular pass over the continent including Europe, America, Also in Asia.The update new in Hungare that open the massage business’ name in Thai

Tradition Massage

The Kind of Massage

Thai massage medicine associate has to divide to 2 kinds.

1. General Massage Type is the way with original people who no position. They usually step on by foot including stretch out, bend. It has many ways to massage. Almost the massage should be thresh from foot to above which the way to massage for ordinary people. In the present time, the general massage has covered the massage institution. People can direct apply to institute. It is not to examination. The course rate is base on short syllabus and long syllabus. The general learning is person to person by demonstrated and practices to perform. The content of learning usually to inform from experience’ teacher all the same time training ethic by the important morals. For the beginning to start, not ready to study in the same time. On the other hand, it is due to study; the teacher might to test for student by testing with student massage to teacher. If the student can do it right, teacher will give certificate of guarantee of Thai massage for them. But in the same case, if the students do it wrong, they have to more practice later except pay for class.
2. King’s court Massage Type is the massaging by experts almost the government. They will massage especially king. This is a confer title of noble rank doctor. The learning are continue later like the general massage. It has different a little to choose student to study. The teacher will pick out the student since interview for understand the background’ student. If they considerate that this student can not do it, they will not pick out this student to come in class. In addition, If the teacher not sure in candidate, they will let student to student at the same time being. This way can help the teacher know that some student who not to patients, they will get from this class with themselves. After that the person who pass the test, the teacher will teach in the next step. The way to teach in class such as demonstration, practice, including test also. The content of learning started with manner to join with sick person, all standard body massage principle, old descriptive anatomy, put the hand on that position, suitable for position and direct disease including experience’ teacher like this above. It shows that both of 2 types has familiar in principle of treatment for people and difference in some way also.

The General Massage

1. Before massage, you have to perform a ceremony of paying respect to one’s instructor.
2. The masseuse can sit with relax style.
3. The manner of masseuse has a polite less than King’s court Massage Type.
4. The person who was massaged has to lie down on the floor.
5. The massaging to treat like this, they have to ask for symptom before.
6. The massaging started from foot to all over the body.

King’s court Massage

1. Don’t to perform a ceremony of paying respect to one’s instructor. But they have to salute person who was massage for apologize.
2. The masseuse should be a polite sideways sitting posture in which both legs are flexed backwards one on the top of the other.
3. The manner to massage is emphasize polite’ masseuse (different in the hand’ position )
4. The material for people who was massage has to more than soft.
5. Fumble in impulse at the both wrist for check symptom
6. The massaging usually start from the top of the body before.

The good thing to do in the old massage is the masseuse has to contact with the customer. So they should be more moral and medical etiquette.

The 3 respect of masseuses’ commandments are

1. Don’t drink alcohols.
2. Don’t prolong illness.
3. Don’t male flirt. They have to polite.

In addition, they not have to massage in another place such as hotel, Chinese tea-house, gambling house, hospital and other places. Maybe, you can take them to massage in your home if it necessary. It is shows that the people who are old massage person have to more individual moral so it makes customer happiness and have better attitude for masseuse. So we will present the good qualities for to be a good masseuse in 10 point that every masseuse should be take hold of this way. Like this…

1. They have to get goodwill for patient and don’t choose the customer who is rich or poor.
2. They should be very polite.
3. They have to revere the sin.
4. They have to careful, thoughtful and concentrate.
5. Don’t have more desire.
6. Don’t be to boast about acknowledge for people believe to the bad side.
7. Don’t a lazy person and careless.
8. Don’t to be partial with love, angry, fair, and foolish.
9. Don’t tremble with unexpected gain, happiness and depreciate.
10. Don’t intoxicate in path of ruin.

The Standards in Thai Massage

The School of Thai massage (2529) refers to the standards of massage which is the doctor has to know and study before massaging. Let’s see…

1. They have to know about descriptive anatomy, it means they should understand the position in the body. If they don’t know this position, it makes mistake and dangerous for body.
2. They have to know physiology, it means the duty of body especially articulation and muscle. Learning in the duty system is the important basis to make to know the way treat to ours body and other people for study in structure and duty of other part. We need to divide the body to separate in other part. The most system that relates to massage is bone system, nerve system, and run of blood system and breathe system.

1. The Qualities of Massage

1.1 Pressing, they usually use thumb to press on the section of body for make the muscle to be untwist. Moreover, it helps blood which was got from that blood vessel area. When they decrease to press that position, the blood will be dive to breed that area more. It make the circulate blood system have a good efficiency.

1.2 Rolling, it means use thumb, figure and back to help by using strength press to the muscle. It make them move or rolling in circle.

1.3 Expressing, catch the muscle to full in the hand and then to help by using strength express. This is the way to increase circulate blood to muscle. It makes you relax and also decrease to contract.

1.4 Tugging, to exercise for seize muscle or fascia of articulation which get into shrink became extend. It makes that position do in the duty.

1.5 Twisting, to exercise for turn articulation or muscle to extend in the right.

1.6 Bending, to exercise for articulation which is object to be move. It necessary to more pressure and quite violent.

1.7 Pounding, or Slapping, to exercise stimulate muscle in rhythm. They have to do this in back area for decrease to have backache, or help to get phlegm when you have cough and sneeze.

1.8 Stepping on, this is the popular way to massage. The method is give someone walks and step on the back. It is very good to relax

2. The Organ which is relate to massage

1.1 Hand, there are divide to 4 qualities

1.1.1 Finger, use the middle finger joint of thumb press foe massage. Not use the fingertip put all of finger on the area which wants to massage and almost the point to massage likely basin or furrow where they side with thumb.

1.1.2 Palm, press in the feeble muscle which cannot press by finger.

1.1.3 Backbone, press into deep muscle for moveable to be circle. It use for pounding which stimulate muscle in rhythm

1.1.4 Hand, use the both of depression or hollow of the palm of the hand or just this one for hold the muscle to make that part normally do in the duty. To twist for turn muscle to extend in the right, on the other, to bend for connect joint can move normally.

2.2. Elbow, its use for press or roll in the area where the finger is cannot press or that area have to press quite deep such as shoulder muscle, sole of the foot.

3.3 Foot, to step on in the thick area such as femur. Don’t step on in the customer’ back because it makes broke in the spinal bone or more dangerous in the inside organ.

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