webfact Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 72-year-old man recognised by Public Health Ministry as herb practitionerBANGKOK: -- The Public Health Ministry has endorsed a 72-year-old man in Surin as a herb practitioner after he has been using Lode Thanong Daeng herb, whose scientific name is Trigonostemon reidioides (Kurz) Craib, to treat people bitten by poisonous snakes. He has been treating patients at three hospitals in the province free of charge.He collected only the price of the herb of Bt100 per set.Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/72-year-old-man-recognised-by-Public-Health-Minist-30251728.html-- The Nation 2015-01-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Any statistics on his success rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Any statistics on his success rate? Still has a perfect batting average. Edited January 12, 2015 by khwaibah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanuk711 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) So no one has come back to complain that it didn't work..?.................. Statistically.... 9 out of 10 injections are in vein. Edited January 12, 2015 by sanuk711 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrilla Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Probably an ancient remedy that's been used successfully for hundreds of years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 You do not hear of decent people in the news often. Would love to hear more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empireboy Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 There are so many great herbal remedies for things. It's nice to hear of one in the news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbalEd Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 As someone who has worked with medicinal herbs for forty-plus years, this doesn't surprise me ... but I always love to hear/read such stories. According to some plant researchers at Mahidol University: Trigonostemon reidioides Craib (Euphorbiaceae) is a Thai traditional medicine used for treatment of drug addiction, asthma, food poisoning, constipation, and snake bites1 I'm very curious what success rate this Thai herbalist has with snake bite victims, and if he's had success with cobra bites. The native USA plant, Echinacea purpurea has a long history of use by Native Americans for the successful treatment of rattlesnake bites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon022 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) It has been noted that the practitioner also recites a famous, ancient mantra during the treatment, "snack snack fit fit, ngoo ngoo pla pla"! Edited January 13, 2015 by Impossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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