Thai massage has a long history of therapeutic healing. Practiced for centuries, it can be traced to India about 2,500 years ago. Its founder was said to be Jivaka Komarabhacca, a doctor friend and contemporary of Buddha.
The Chinese and the Indians were believed to have greatly influenced the therapies and treatments developed in Thailand. The theoretical basis of Thai massage lies in the theory of energy lines running throughout the body. Out of the 72,000 energy lines said to be in existence, the focus is on the 10 major lines, called seen. Important acupressure points are found on these lines. Treatment for the whole body. Different organs and diseases are often done by using the system of the 10 seen.
        Much of what is known in Thailand as traditional massage was handed down orally from generation to generation. Much of the ancient medical texts were destroyed in 1776 with the destruction of Ayutthaya by the Burmese. In 1832, King Rama III had the stone inscriptions set into the walls at Wat Po to preserve the tradition.

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