applied thai traditional medicine practitioners were able to prescribe all 36 herbal preparations and extemporaneous preparations The physicians were able to apply the use of herbal medicine to modern healthcare services and to prescribe herbal medicine to their patients The pharmacists were able to explain to the local people how to administer all of the 36 herbal preparations and to communicate scientifically with the modern medical staff in the public health system The nurses were able to utilize herbal medicine according to the prescriptions.