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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0069 00001
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628318
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Pak Ou (Luang Prabang)
Name of collection:
Private Collection of Mrs. Chon
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Anonymous
Subject matter:
Medical Treatise
Copyist:
Anonymous
Copying date in Gregorian:
1900 - 1999
Place of copying:
Pak Chaek village
Script:
Tham Lue
Writing support:
Industrial paper
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
Yes
Manuscript paper dimension:
21.5 x 13.7 cm
Text block dimension:
16.5 x 11.5 cm
Number of pages:
38 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The manuscript contains texts of traditional medical treatise and how to use traditional medicine for healing is usually used by a local healer of the village. The contents include various kinds of herbs and healing process, e.g. Ya khi bò òk (medicine for curing a difficult defecation), Ya thong daeng (medicine for curing flux), Ya luk tai nai thong (medicine for curing a baby died in the stomach), Ya saduang (medicine for curing hemorrhoids), Ya ai (medicine for curing cough), Ya honchai (medicine for curing a hot heart), Ya linhot (medicine for curing a shrink tongue), Ya mo fi (medicine for curing an abscess), Ya moei (medicine for curing tired condition), Khai chep hua (fever with headache), etc…
Other notes:
The manuscript is sewn with a cotton string at the top. The front and back covers are missing. This manuscript belonged to Phò I Kòn (father of Ms. Kòn). After the death of Phò I Kòn, Mai Un used it.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
[ຕໍາລາຢາພື້ນເມືອງ]
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
[Tamlā yā bün müang]
Item 1 - Title in English script:
[Traditional medical treatise]
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lue; Lao
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