Study on Knowledge of Trigger finger Disease Treatment as Appeared in Thai Traditional Medicine Textbooks DOI:

Abstract

         This purpose of this research article is to study the knowledge of trigger finger disease treatment as appeared in Thai traditional medicine textbooks. This study is qualitative research by collecting the information on trigger finger disease from textbooks and related research, compilation the knowledge of trigger finger disease, focus group discussions of Thai traditional medicine teachers, analysis and conclusion. The results were found that there was not a clear mention of trigger finger disease in the original scriptures of Thai traditional medicine textbooks. All of that was referred to defective element symptoms. However, the information of trigger finger disease presents in textbooks which are now utilized for teaching and learning in manus therapeutics. This includes data on the definition, symptoms, causes of disease, diagnosis, therapeutic approaches and advice on patient guidelines. This integration produces to the clinical practice guideline of School of Traditional and Alternative Medicine, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University’s Thai traditional medicine in trigger finger treatment for employing the learned information and professional experience of Thai traditional medicine students. The graduate of Thai traditional medicine to pursue their professions for benefit society and serving an alternative treatment for trigger finger disease in the present day.