Thit Phumma and his wife Sao La from Ban Mano village
Subject matter:
Medical Treatise
Copyist:
Anonymous
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
28.0 x 4.8 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
28.0 x 4.8 cm
Text block dimension:
24.8 x 3.9 cm
Number of pages:
90 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text contains many kinds of medical herbs and healing processes. The title on the first page tells the medicine for curing the condition of blood and wind. The other medicines are used for curing the symptom of stomach aches, fevers, colics, and etc. The titles of the conditions appear on the left margins of the leaves. Medical substances can use all parts of a plant or tree, for instance, the root, bark, leaf, flower, fruit, seed, and so forth. This medical treatise like this is mostly used by a practitioner of traditional medicine who also uses the medicine with magic spells while curing the patient.