Organisational approval to collect data from patients at Khampramong
concerning their medical history, their previous experiences
of using herbal medicines, the traditional medicines they
had taken, and their experiences of the regime at Arokhayasala
was granted by the Abbot (author PP, July 8th 2012). Ethical
approval for the study was obtained from the University of Reading
Research Ethics Committee, UK (Project 12/34), the Thai
Traditional Medicine Committee and Sirindhorn College of Public
Health, Yala, Thailand