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Traditional Medicine in

the Philippines
Claude Perez
Julius Sinio
History of Filipino Healing Tradition

Traditional Filipino medicine adopts a holistic perspective on the person, taking into account
environmental elements that impact a person's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
02 Traditional
Healers
Traditional Healers

Albularyo 01 02 Manghihilot

Mangtatawas 03 04 Bylan
Albularyo
- An albularyo is a “folk doctor” who is typically found in more
rural areas of the Philippines.
- Patients of albularyos believe they possess supernatural healing
abilities that modern medicine does not offer, which makes
them more reliable than practitioners of modern medicine.
Manghihilot
- Their therapy is restricted to body ailments susceptible to
chiropractic manipulations and massage.
Mangtatawas
- Today, tawas refers to a diagnostic ritual or procedure using a
range of things such candles, eggs, mirrors, plain paper,
cigarette rolling-paper, and alum.
- It is carried out by the majority of alternative healers and serves
to provide clues as to the nature and source of the ailment.
Bylan
- The mediumistic healers claim to have special knowledge of the
environmental spirits, perform all the necessary rituals, and
chant prayers for the neighborhood when the barrio is in need.
- They believe they have extraordinary powers to cure illness.
02 Traditional
Techniques
Traditional Techniques
Herbalism and Plant
Hilot/Ablon
Medicine
It uses the hands and is related to The Philippine Department of Health has
physical therapy, chiropractic, only approved 10 medicinal plants out of
acupressure, and osteopathy. The the 10,000–14,000 plant species that are
practitioner, known as a manghihilot or found there, even though 1,500 of them may
mangablon, uses the patient's urat have medicinal value. These plants can be
(nerve or vein), pennet (tendons, used to make herbal teas, tinctures, fluid
ligaments, or sinewy structures), lasag extracts, poultices, tablets, supplements,
(flesh or muscle structure through powders, creams, and essential oils, this
which urat and pennet flow), and kinds of techniques was used by the
tulang to identify areas of congestion albularyo.
and treat skeletal misalignments and
energy imbalances (bones).
Traditional Techniques

Tuob Cupping Therapy


In some parts of Asia, such as China,
The ill person participates in the tuob or ventosa or suction cupping, which utilizes
boiling ceremony by being covered in heated cups that seal or create a vacuum to
fabric or a blanket, sitting over a jar that soothe tight muscles, is a prevalent
has coals in it, or hovering over a pot that technique.
is steaming. The advantages of applying
essential oils to a hot patient while
chanting a therapeutic mantra include
skin cleaning, muscular relaxation, an
increase in body metabolism, a boost to
the immune system, protection against
mucous membrane dryness, and relief
from asthma, allergies, and arthritis.
Traditional Techniques
Faith or Spiritual
Healing
To Pacify senses energies, auras, and passed
figures who may have been related to the
patient because the spiritual component is
significant. She may ask origin-oriented
questions, like why the patient thinks they
were injured, and counsel them on spiritual
matters related to the event of origin. Worship
practices like orasyon and bulong (a
whispered prayers) can be combined with
massage (recited or written prayers).
Although Christianity was introduced in the
16th century, indigenous healing practices
continued to be infused with spirituality.

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