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The Use of Thai traditional and Alternative Medicines
among Medical Patients in Surin Province Abstract

The active trend in using thai trasitional and alternative medicine is increasing
which is partly due to the searching or the advice from closed friends. The alternative
medicine is an unconventional medical treatment. Surin people have been using and studyingthai

trasitional and alternative medicine for a long time so the researchers are interested in
study the use of alternative medicine, the cause and the result to plan and disseminate the
right information to the patients. The methodology of the study is the survey research.

The population is the general patients in the hospital in Surin. They have experience in thai
trasitional and alternative medicine. They are over 15 years old. The population includes
1,090 patients. The data is collected in Surin hospital amount 250 patients and community

hospital amount 70 patients. The tool of the study is the interview form consisting of
general information, thai trasitional and alternative medicine experience, the reason and the
result. The interview form is examined by three academic people. The data, the general
information and the kind of thai trasitional and alternative medicine are analyzed by

frequency and percentage. The summary from the open-ended questions about the reason
and the result are explained and presented. The result of the study is : female 56.2%, age
31-40 years old 26%, married 72%, primary graduation 81.25%, Buddhist 100%, golden

card holder 55%, income 0-5,000 Baht 69%, constant disease of the patients is arthritis.
The kind of alternative medicine is : herb 24.2%, massage 16.9%, praying 12%, chanting
11%, seeing monks 9.6%, meditation 6%, vitamin intake 5.6%, holy ritual 5.2% and supple-

mentary diet intake 4.7%.