In the Lao PDR (Laos), centuries-old medical palm leaf manuscripts provide an invaluable
record of traditional treatments through history. Today, traditional herbal remedies are still
frequently used throughout the country. In effort to preserve the indigenous knowledge held
by healers and the information contained in the sacred manuscripts, an attempt was made to
translate some of the traditional healing practices into biomedical terms. To accomplish this,
medical manuscripts were investigated for symptoms of tuberculosis, a problem that has …