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More cannabis oil medicines included in gold card scheme

Cannabis plants on view at Thailand International Health Expo 2022, held from March 17-20 at Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok. (File photo)

The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has added three traditional cannabis-based medicines to Universal Healthcare Coverage, known as the gold card scheme.

NHSO secretary-generalJadet Thammathataree said on Tuesday the NHSO board meeting on May 2 approved the inclusion of three cannabis-based remedies  - ya kae lom kae sen, which promotes good sleep and food intake; ya suk sai yat for treatment of paralysis; and ya thamlai phra sumeru for muscular pain and limb numbness.

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