Thai massage Wat Pho

the temple considered first public university of thailand, teaching students in fields of religion, science, , literature through murals , sculptures. school traditional medicine , massage established @ temple in 1955, , offers 4 courses in thai medicine: thai pharmacy, thai medical practice, thai midwifery, , thai massage. this, wat pho thai traditional medical , massage school, first school of thai medicine approved thai ministry of education, , 1 of earliest massage schools. remains national headquarters , center of education of traditional thai medicine , massage day. courses on thai massage held in wat pho, , these may last few weeks year. 2 pavilions @ eastern edge of wat pho compound used classrooms practising thai traditional massage , herbal massage, , visitors can received massage treatment here fee. foreigners 135 countries have studied thai massage @ wat po.

there many medical inscriptions , illustrations placed in various buildings around temple complex, of serve instructions thai massage therapists, particularly in north medical pavilion. among these 60 inscribed plaques, 30 each front , of human body, showing pressure points used in traditional thai massage. these therapeutic points , energy pathways, known sen, engraved on human figures, explanations given on walls next plaques. based on principle of energy flow similar of chinese acupuncture. understanding far figures represent relationships between anatomical locations , effects produced massage treatment @ locations, full research on diagrams has yet completed.