Traditional Medicines
NUEVA ECIJA COLLEGES
CABANATUAN CITY
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE, AS PERCIEVED BY ZARAGOZA NUEVA ECIJA PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, ITS IMPLICATION TO HEALTH
Prepared by:
Zarah S. Alberto
Luis Anthony H. Adalem
CHAPTER 1
The Problem and its Setting
INTRODUCTION
Alternative medicine is any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine, but is not based on evidence gathered with the scientific method.It is any of a wide range of health care practices, products and therapies, using methods of medical diagnosis and treatments which, at least up to the end of the twentieth century, were typically not included in the degree courses of established medical schools teaching medicine, including surgery, in the tradition of the Flexner Report or similar.1
In the hierarchy of healers and specialists in Philippine folk medicine, the albularyo may be referred to as the "general practitioner," knowledgeable in most of the folkloric modalities, usually especially versed in the use of medicinal herbs. The hilot ambiguously refers both to the manghihilot and magpapaanak. The manghihilot specializes in techniques and treatments applicable to sprains, fractures and muskuloskeletal conditions. The magpapaanak, besides prenatal visits and delivering babies, often performs the suob ritual. Somehealers limit their practice of folkloric therapies to
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicine more specialized modalities. The mangluluop specializes in diagnostic techniques, usually referring the patients after diagnosis to the albularyo, medico, or manghihilot for definitive treatments. Most of these healers consider their healing craft as God-given, a calling from a supernatural being, and consequently, their healing practices are profusely infused with prayers and religious rituals, performed through mediation with the Holy Spirit2
In the rural areas, its use is in the purview of the albularyo for a variety of febrile conditions, a child's
CABANATUAN CITY
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE, AS PERCIEVED BY ZARAGOZA NUEVA ECIJA PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, ITS IMPLICATION TO HEALTH
Prepared by:
Zarah S. Alberto
Luis Anthony H. Adalem
CHAPTER 1
The Problem and its Setting
INTRODUCTION
Alternative medicine is any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine, but is not based on evidence gathered with the scientific method.It is any of a wide range of health care practices, products and therapies, using methods of medical diagnosis and treatments which, at least up to the end of the twentieth century, were typically not included in the degree courses of established medical schools teaching medicine, including surgery, in the tradition of the Flexner Report or similar.1
In the hierarchy of healers and specialists in Philippine folk medicine, the albularyo may be referred to as the "general practitioner," knowledgeable in most of the folkloric modalities, usually especially versed in the use of medicinal herbs. The hilot ambiguously refers both to the manghihilot and magpapaanak. The manghihilot specializes in techniques and treatments applicable to sprains, fractures and muskuloskeletal conditions. The magpapaanak, besides prenatal visits and delivering babies, often performs the suob ritual. Somehealers limit their practice of folkloric therapies to
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicine more specialized modalities. The mangluluop specializes in diagnostic techniques, usually referring the patients after diagnosis to the albularyo, medico, or manghihilot for definitive treatments. Most of these healers consider their healing craft as God-given, a calling from a supernatural being, and consequently, their healing practices are profusely infused with prayers and religious rituals, performed through mediation with the Holy Spirit2
In the rural areas, its use is in the purview of the albularyo for a variety of febrile conditions, a child's