Ammarit osot
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| Kind | Traditional medicine |
|---|---|
| Part of the plant | Flower |
| Also called | อัมฤตโอสถ |
| Language | Thai |
| Country | Thailand |
|---|---|
| Still made | Yes |
Ammarit osot (ยาอัมฤตย์โอสถ, also written อัมฤตโอสถ) is a powdered medicine of Thai traditional medicine made of 22 drugs, among them cannabis inflorescence. It is given for lom kasai and for chronic aching and stiffness of the muscles.[1]: 99 Vichai Chokevivat traces it to the Paetsart songkhroh, a medical compilation printed in 1910.[2]: 334, 340 It was one of the 16 cannabis formulas that the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine named in January 2019 for use once the narcotics law allowed it.[3]
The national list of essential herbal medicines of 2023 gives a powder of 76 grams. Sixteen plant drugs, among them three myrobalans, nutmeg, mace, cardamom, cloves and long-pepper flower, go in at 1 gram each. The burnt shells of two kinds of snail, the cockle and the cowrie go in at 3 grams each. The cannabis inflorescence is 10 grams and the pepper 38. It is taken at 1 to 2 grams twice a day before meals with boiled water, as a powder or in capsules, and is not given to children under 16.[1]: 99
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Herbal Products Division, Food and Drug Administration (2023). บัญชียาหลักแห่งชาติด้านสมุนไพร พ.ศ. 2566 [National List of Essential Medicines: herbal medicines, B.E. 2566] (PDF) (in ไทย). Food and Drug Administration (Thailand). ISBN 978-974-244-453-2. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ Chokevivat, Vichai (2019). "กัญชา เป็นยาวิเศษ จริงหรือ" [Cannabis: is it really a magic medicine?]. Journal of Thai Traditional & Alternative Medicine (in ไทย). 17 (2): 324–340.
- ↑ "เปิด 16 ตำรับยาแผนไทยผสมกัญชา เน้น'แก้ลม แก้ปวด แก้เส้น' พร้อมจัดระบบหมอพื้นบ้าน!" [Sixteen Thai traditional formulas with cannabis revealed, chiefly for wind, pain and the sinews, with a system for folk healers]. Matichon (in ไทย). 25 January 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2026.