Mananambals treat major and minor ailments these

Mananambals treat major and minor ailments . These ailments include but are not limited to :
headache, fever, cold, toothache , dengue fever, wounds, infection, cancer , intellectual impairment, and
other illnesses thought to be caused by supernatural creatures. Aside from biological treatments, patients
may also come to mananambals to form or break any form of relationships from marriage to friendships.
Treatments are dependent on the type of sickness and on the mananambal themselves.
Hilot
The hilot may refer to either the manghihilot or the magpapaanak: The manghihilot ( “ massager”,
“ folk massage therapist”, “ folk chiropractor” ) uses massaging techniques to treat sprains, fractures,
and other similar conditions that affect the skeletal system and the musculatory system, including
l igaments . The practice treats illnesses a variety of ways based on its own universal law and natural law
( physical manipulation, herbal remedies ,and dietary / life style advice). Manghihilots are either chosen
by maestros or master albularyos, or through apprenticeship . Gender I not a limiting factor since they
can be any gender. When chosen, their trainings include a pilgrimage to a sacred mountain to perform
the oracions, or words enabling the communication with the spirit world or the panawagan. Similar to

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the albularyo practice , the hilot is a fusion of spiritual and medicinal practices with physical
manipulation and the focus of healing the whole body being the main distinctions between the two
practices. Illnesses were referred to as pilay and were defined by imbalances in the body which are
explained by their enkanto, or unseen entities, elements , and manifestations in the body . This practice
shares similarities with India’s Ayurveda and Traditional Chines Medicine. The magpapaanak, the other
“hilot” . is the folk “ midwife” who does prenata l visits and check-ups to pregnant mothers. Normally a
woman, she delivers babies during childbirth and often perform s the ritual called the suob ( a form of
aroma therapy” performed while placed under a cloak).
Magluluop
The magluluop is a folk specialist who makes a diagnosis based on the resulting appearance of a burned
concoction composed of fresh water shell or saltwater shell ( kalanghuga ) , a salt, a piece of palm leaves that were
blessed by Catholic priests during Palm Sunday , and charcoal resulting from coconut shells, coconut midribs.
The burning of these materials is done while placed inside a tin plate accompanied by prayers and invocations and
the making of the sign of the cross three times over the body of the patient. Depending on the appearance and shape
of the burned materials, mangluluop refers and sends the ill person to either the albularyo, the mediko, or the
manghihilot for further treatment. After the ritual and after telling the patient to which folk doctor to go next, the
freshwater or saltwater shell is powdered by the mangluluop and prayerfully applies the powder following the steps