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POSTER PRESENTATION

Thai Traditional Medicine (TTM) vs. Modern (Western) Medicine

(MM) Treatments for the Ebola Case example

Jiranan Plubprasit*, Raywatchai Plubprasit**

* Independent Researcher
**Independent Researcher

Background and Rational: The Thai Traditional Medicine (TTM) has been the valuable
way of taking care of health for more than a thousand years ago. There are patterns of the
infectious diseases treatments in The Takkasila Scripture of The Thai Traditional Medicine
Textbook (Tumra Paesart Songkhrau) which will be compared to the standard practice of The
Modern Medicine (MM) treatments in the Ebola case example.
Objectives: To compare the difference ways of practical treatments of TTM and MM
through the same target of fighting with the serious infected Ebola virus disease by function-
ing the innate immune system.
Methods: Comparison of general TTM and MM in terms of philosophy, origins of dis-
eases, diagnosis and treatments. Matching signs and symptoms of Ebola disease to TTMûs
hemorrhagic fever (khi pan dum/khi pan daeng in the Takkasila Scripture of Tumra Paesart
Songkhrau). Comparing the MM practical treatments of Ebola virus disease: supportive care
and symptomatic treatments i.e. rehydration and blood transfusion via IV, coagulation preven-
tion, maintaining oxygen status and blood pressure to the three steps of TTM treatments: the
toxin driving out (kra tung pit), internal treatment (prae khi) and prevention the recurrence
and side effect (krob khi).
Results: Both of TTM and MM survivals depend on how a personûs innate immune
respond to the disease. The reports from the MM show that the death rate is from 25 percent
and 90 percent so the average is about 50 percent. TTM treatment for khi pan dum/khi pan
daeng depends on the first step treatment if there is insufficient of toxin driving out (kra tung
pit) there will be malfunction of internal organs and their inside bleeding. The appearance of
half body of maculopurpura rash indicates the 50 percent death but the total body one particu-
larly the red, purple and black rash will lead to totally death.
Conclusions: Both TTM and MM are based on the functioning of the innate immune
system responding to fight against virus infectious disease i.e. Ebola. The TTM has three
steps to treat which to bring back the bodyû elements balancing while the MM has modern
technology to diagnose by laboratory testing and supportive car and symptoms treatments i.e.
rehydration, blood transfusion via IV, maintaining oxygen status & blood pressure and treating
other complications. If the TTM & MM systems are able to be integrated, the treatments will
be better.
Key words: Ebola, hermorrhagic fever, Takkasila, kra tung pit, MM, TTM