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Abstract

This qualitative study aims to explore the roles played by monks in the utilization
of Thai wisdomfor health care, by interviewing monks in the province of Prachinburi. This
interview consisted of 10 Buddhist monks from 10 monasteries situated within the province
which revealed that before they became monk healers, most of them were not trained in

health care methods before being ordained.
In this reason found that, when they had ordained into Buddhism, these monks

revealed their intention to care for the peopleûs health. Therefore, these monks studied
health care methods by stressing the Thai Traditional Medicine from Thai wisdom to be
able to care for the people seeking help for health related problems. This utilization of Thai
wisdom included the compliation of knowledge and equipments used in Thai Traditional

Medicine, which are gathered within the monasteries and care taken by the monks for their
ulmost value to the population. The role played by ten monks in utilizing Thai wisdom for
health care as shown by this study can be divided into 5 significant aspects including:

promoting knowledge from studies of traditional health care, utilization of folk medicine,
administration and local leadership, revival and preservation of traditional medicine
knowledge, and the restoration and conservation of the environment with the establishment of

herb gardens for use in Thai Traditional Medicine from Thai wisdom. These monks already
have the population’s faith, confidence and respectability in their role, facilitating their
extended responsibility in taking care of people’s health as monk healers. This study is able

to conclude that the roles played by monks in the utilization of Thai wisdom for health care
must be further supported for Thai wisdom to become an important alternative in health care.

Key words : Role, Thai wisdom

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