In handling fractured leg, both medical and traditional healers know that moving the affected part of the body will only make the fracture worst. So the treatment for fracture is to limit the movement in order not to cause more harm and damage to the person.
It is believed that our bones has the capacity to heal it self specially when the person who had accident is young. So when it happen, traditional medicine practitioner apply pounded herbs to alleviate pain and wrap it with a stick so that it will prevent from movement.
It the same thing that is happening to the world right now. The whole world is experiencing a Pandemic Illness that needs to limit the movement of the people. Traditionally, we know that complete bed rest with proper nutrients will help us to recover. This is the same thing that we must do. We limit our social movement so that we can manage to strengthen our immunity to fight the virus that is spreading around the world.
Our life here on Earth is monitored by our healthcare provider through the progress of our Physical, Emotional and Mental Health. From there we are advised to eat healthy food and physical activities that will satisfy our mind as well as emotions. In Hilot, aside from valuing the Physical, Emotional and Mental Health- we also give importance to our Spiritual Health.
As Manghihilot, we believe that life comes from the Spirit. And the illness of man is caused either by Physical factor or by spiritual factor. So if there are Physical Medicine that been administered to the Physical Illness of Man, Prayer is our Spiritual Medicine that we administer to Spiritual Illness.
Apu Adman performs Pagpag Pauli Ritual as part of Kilubansa Healing.
Prayer is a form of Spiritual exercise that can affect your emotional and mental Health. Through prayer we express our thoughts by describing through words what we feel. Prayers also help us create a positive outlook in life through voicing out positive affirmation and our goal desires that assure us to have a better future. Prayer help us to be at the present by making us aware of voicing out the content of our hearts, and by hearing it our mind remember and take action through our body.
Prayer is not just a religious or spiritual activity, but it can be used and employed into a Holistic Healthcare delivery system.
Our cities has been locked down. Schools and offices are all closed. People are wearing mask and stay at home. All of these are the result of the scare of Coronavirus Disease. The economy is slowing down so as you.
Since everyone of us are staying in the house. Our movement has been limited due to this Pandemic emergency. Lately i saw many post that people are seeking for help. They are looking for their Mayor and Barangay Captians to give them aid. But come to think of it, is everyone of us are sick?
We are not sick and those who are contracted by the Virus are being taken care of by the medical professionals. But us at home, we are all well and healthy. We are only limited on going out of our home to practice social distancing with strangers. Actually being at home is not a punishment for us but a precautionary measure that we will not be contracted with the Coronavirus Disease 2019. We should be thankful that life and wellness are still with us. But instead of complaining, let us take this opportunity to learn Home Skills and connect with our inner selves.
Practice Deep Breathing. This will calm your mind and relax your body. Drink a lot of water and it will flush out all of your body waste. Take a Bath to cool you down and it will make you safe from getting infected. And exercise, move your body to stretch. Do not be stubborn by still going out of your house. Think of what you can do and avoid being contracted with the disease. Stay at Home and be Safe!
I’ve been ask to write an article about how people could win this battle against Coronavirus Disease. I am not a medical doctor but my knowledge on Philippine Traditional Medicine could help.
Let us remember what our Grand Mother and Mother does when we are sick. They clean us and keep us warm. They put socks on our feet and cover us with thick blanket so that we get sweat. And lastly they prepare us a meal so that we could recover fast from our illness. Proper Hygiene, Hydration and Diet help us recover quickly from any ailments. And our recovery process within our body is caused by our Immune System.
Lugaw is one of the cheapest but a powerful meal that we could have to strengthen our Immunity. It is made from rice, ginger, onion, garlic, pepper and water to solute. The health benefits of these ingredients are listed down below.
Rice
When i was in Brgy. Kinakin, Banaue, Ifugao- Apung Mamerto told us that before our rice been served into the table as food, it passed through numerous rituals. So technically, the rice that we are eating are already ritually blessed.
Rice are the gift of the Gods to humanity specially for the Filipino. I remember that i compare the rice to other grains that when you soaked it into water it will not sprout unlike others. But this grain of rice has a power to boost your energy and sustain life.
It is said that rice can provide you instant energy as well as it can regulate and improve bowel movement and manage blood sugar level. It also plays a role in providing Vitamin B1 to the Human Body.
Vitamin B1 fights against many nervous disorder and helps to improve memory. That is why i remember when i was still at school, my mother told me not to skip my breakfast (which consist of fried rice, egg and tuyo) as it will not make my mind work if i come to school hungry.
Other benefit of rice include its ability to aid skin care, boost metabolism, regulate digestion, reduce blood pressure, boost the immune system and provide protection against chronic disease.
When i was at Mamerto’s place at Kinakin, Banaue- the rice spirit have talked to me that said that they can be used as poultice to mend the broken bones. So i get one table spoon of cooked rice and pound it together with tiger and carabao grass and applied it to the broken leg wrapping it with a banana leaf.
Ginger
Salabat or Ginger Tea is a popular recipe of our grandfather during the cold weather season. It is also the secret formula of the old singer/ artist to obtain a good voice. But aside from keeping us warm and to have a good voice, Salabat or Ginger Tea is also used to relieve cough.
The active component of Ginger is called Gingerol which has a powerful anti-inflamatory and antioxidant effect. It is said that Ginger is used to help digestion, reduce nausea, and help fight flu and common cold.
According to Healthline.com, Gingerol can help to lower the risk of infection. Fresh ginger may also be effective against the RSV Virus, a common cause of respiratory infection.
Onion
Onion or Allium Cepa
Onions contain various vitamins and minerals as it grow underground. I personally eat onion as blood purifier. But in ancient times it is used to cure headaches, heart disease, and mouth sores.
As we have mentioned that Onion are nutrient dense, it highly contains vitamins C that involved in regulating immune system, collagen production, tissue repair and iron absorption.
Vitamins C acts as a powerful antioxidant in our body, protecting our cells against damage caused by Free Radicals.
Onions are also rich in B Vitamins which are folate (b9) and pyrodoxine (b6) which play key roles in metabolism, red blood cell production and nerve function.
Onions are a rich source of fiber and prebiotics, which are necessary for optimal gut health.
prebiotics, which are necessary for optimal gut health.
Prebiotics are nondigestible types of fiber that are broken down by beneficial gut bacteria.
Gut bacteria feed on prebiotics and create short-chain fatty acids — including acetate, propionate and butyrate.
Research has shown that these short-chain fatty acids strengthen gut health, boost immunity, reduce inflammation and enhance digestion.
Additionally, consuming food rich in prebiotics helps increase probiotics, such as Lactobacillus and bifidobacteria strains, which benefit digestive health.
A diet rich in prebiotics may help improve the absorption of important minerals like calcium, which may improve bone health.
Onions are particularly rich in the prebiotics inulin and fructooligosaccharides. These help increase the number of friendly bacteria in your gut and improve immune function.
Garlic
Allium Sativium aka Garlic
In Philippine folklore and mythology, garlic is known among Filipino as weapon to drive away the Aswang and Manananggal which as form of demon that hunts people at night. Most Filipino foods has garlic on it such as the morning Fried Rice or the Adobo or better yet the Pares meal.
One clove of garlic contains the following:
Manganese
Vitamin B6
Vitamin C
Selenium
Fiber
Calcium
Copper
Potassium
Phosporus
Iron
Vitamin B1
Garlic is also known to boost Immune System.
Pepper
Piper Nigrum or Black Pepper
Black pepper is rich in plant compound known as piperine, which is found to have a potent antioxidant properties which help prevent and delay the damaging effects of free radicals.
Chronic inflamation may be an underlying factor in many conditions, such as arthritis, heart disease, diabetes and cancer on which Black Pepper may effectively fight inflamation. I remember that my father also use black pepper feeding to our chicken that has illness and for giving bath when sick.
So with every spoonful of Lugaw coming into your mouth, you are also welcoming these healing agents to be within you to work and strengthen your immune system. By having a daily dose of these food medicine, together with proper hygiene and exercise, we are confident enough that we can overcome this Pandemic situation that we have by protecting our bodies from getting infected.
Free your self from the fear of getting infected. Stay at home and you’ll be safe. Make sure that all areas of your house are clean. Don’t stock up with so many things in your house as it invites many creatures such as pathogens or disease bringing micro organism get inside your house. Hoarding so much food will invite creatures that will spoil or decompose your stuffs. So as too much toilet papers and other products will invite rats and cockroaches. Just stay calm and covid 19 will not enter your house as long as you practice mindfulness.
Detoxify your self and strengthen your immunity. You can practice what our ancestors does in protecting them selves from any disease and evil spirit. You can do a self care Suob/ Palina in your house either doing it steam or dry.
Palina Ritual
Technically Suob/ Palina is a Hilot Treatment that induce sweating and perspiration either through steam vapor or dry fumigation. According to Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine, Creating false fever can cure any disease. Accordingly, Fever is our body’s natural response to pathogens or disease causing bacteria or viruses. Thus heat produce by our body helps maintain good health and wellness. Heal is also a response to the rise of temperature within our body. Suob/Palina creates artificial fever by rising body temperature that helps our body fight pathogens within us.
Sweating and Perspiration is a natural reaction due to the rise of temperature within our body. Usually, sweat contains water and various salts and other substances. Sweat is a waste product made by our body. And it needs to expel out from our body so that it will not become toxins. Toxins are poisons and are dangerous to our health and wellness. Suob helps sweating process to detoxify our body from poisons that can be found inside our body.
Hilot Suob/ Palina treatment is governed by the Principle of Heat Therapy. Heat is a therapeutic agent used for healing. Induced heat by suob can be called artificial fever. During a Fever, the functioning of the immune system is stimulated, while the growth of bacteria and viruses is forced to slow down. The production of white blood cells, the primary agents of the immune system, is increased, as is the rate of their release into the blood stream. The generation of anti-bodies speeds up, as does the production of interferon, an anti-viral protein that also has powerful cancer-fighting properties.
Join us on this powerful collaboration of Filipino Healers as we share to the world the Filipino Ancient Ways of Healing. On the said event, Four powerful healers will work together to create a Vortex of Energy to awaken the inner healing powers of those who will attend the Workshop.
Our Collaborators who will present their gifts to the world are:
Apung Lagitan: A Mumbaki of Ifugao
Mamerto Tindongan who is an 8 Generation Shaman from Brgy. Kinakin, Banaue, Ifugao, Philippines. He will share to us his technique on Self Healing through Shamanic Journey and the Ifugao Style Qigong which he develop and known as UMUWANCHIYAN CHI NITAGUWAN.
Archimedes De Leon is a Certified Yoga Instructor who is the visionary of this Halika Na Workshop will guide us everyday by giving daily inspiration and Yoga experience.
Lakay Magbaya Aghama who is a Binabaylang Tala of Luntiang Aghama Natural Divine Arts Shrine of Healing Inc. which is a revivalist church on Philippine Traditional Indigenous Spirituality will lead us to attune to our selves to the energies of the ancestors;
and Apu Adman Aghama, the Founder of Landas Ng Lahi and Hilot Academy of Binabaylan will teach us our ancestral knowledge on Filipino Indigenous Healing.
For more details kindly contact Archimedes De Leon at:
archimedes0320@gmail.com
09172489016 globe
+639989209920 smart
These beautiful scenery awaits you in Brgy. Tupsan, Municipality of Mahinog, Camiguin Island, Philippines.
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There will be 2 batch of training depends on your availability.
The First Batch will be on June 22 to July 4, 2020 which are dedicated to Japanese Participants. And for this you have to contact Ms. Mayumi Saito. And the 2nd Batch will be on July 6-18, 2020.
Ms. Mayumi Saito
齋藤 真弓(For Japanese)
mayufarm73@gmail.com
+819086184152
Available Slot for participants: 20
Registration Fee: USD 2700.00
Activity Inclusions:
Food (Breakfast and Lunch)
Hilot Learning Materials and Certificate
Daily Yoga
Tour in Camiguin
Daily Time Routine:
6:00 AM Wake Up/ Morning preparation
7:00 AM Daily Yoga & Meditation
8:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Worshop
12:00 NN Lunch
1:00 PM Class Resume
6:00 PM End of Class
Apu Adman teaching the 7 Ancestral Power
Hilot Class Expectations
The Hilot Workshop will be divided into 2 parts. The First 4 days will focus on Mind and Spiritual Workings and the other last half will involve literal Body work as we learn how to apply the Philippine Traditional Hilot as our Ancestral Healing Arts and Science.
At the end of the said workshop, the Participants are expected to perform confidently and competently the following skills as has been taught by our teachers.
Gather Patient/ Client Profile
Pulse Reading Analysis
Kilubansa Elemental Name Energetic Balance Analysis
TAWAS : Traditional Alternative Wellness Analytic System
Hilot Hygiene (Suob, Hilod, Paligo)
Herbal Hilot: The Use of herbs in affecting cure (healing oil, liniment, ointment, tincture, syrup and tablets)
Dagdagay/ Kulis: Philippine Traditional Foot Massage
Bentusa Fire Cupping
Hilot Pahid: The Art of Applying oil in performing Wellness Massage
It is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about 10 kilometers off the northern coast of Mindanao. It is geographically part of Region X which is the Northern Mindanao Region and formerly part of Misamis Oriental Province.
The name Camiguin is derived from the native word Kamagong which is a specie of Ebony tree that thrives near Lake Mainit in the province of Surigao Del Norte, the region from which the early inhabitant, the Manobo’s came from. Manobo’s are Indigenous People that comes from Northern Mindano which are known as The River People. It is derived from the word “Mansuba” which means man or people, and “suba” means river. It is said that Manobo people are great hunter and as well as a healer.
I found a story on the Internet that narrates how the Manobo People originates and you can found the info at Things Asian.
According to the Story the Manobo’s were lead by two brothers: Mumalu and Tabunaway, they lived by the Banobo creek, which flowed into the Mindanao River near the present site of Cotabato City. In the 14th century Sharif Kabungsuan, a muslim missionary, arrived from Johore, to convert the people of Mindanao. Tabunaway did not want to convert to Islam but told his younger brother not to reject the Muslim Faith. Tabunaway and his followers moved up the Pulangi River to the interior of Cotabato, they decided to part ways and in the years to come established their own tribes. These groups retained their indigenous beliefs, practices and the name of their original site, Banobo, which eventually became Manobo, the descendant’s of Mamalu became the Maguindanao.
It is nice to know that the people of Camiguin are descendants from the Manobo Tribe which also connects to my lineage that my Paternal Ancestry comes from Surigao Del Norte.
From June, July and August of 2020, Hilot Academy will explore the Beauty and Wonders of Camiguin Island as we will conduct our very first Halikana Workshop as conceived by our friend Archimedes De Leon.
The workshop that is to happen in Camiguin Island will be a collaborative work and effort coming from our Elders and Great Healers of our Time.
Mamerto Tindongan is an 8th Generation Mumbaki from Brgy. Kinakin, Banaue, Ifugao, Philippines. He was known for his work as wood sculpting, Blacksmith, Qi gong/ Tai Chi/ Yoga Instructor and have developed the Ifugao Farmer’s Qigong known as Umuwachiyan Chi Nitaguwan.
Apung Lagitan is also the initiator of “Self Healing through Shamanic Journey “.
Lets get to know more about Apung Lagitan as we watch this Video.
Mamerto speaks about a particular blessing called Gopah in Ifugao
I hope that everyone will come and experience the great collaboration of our Indigenous Healers in Camiguin Island, Philippines on June- August 2020.
For more details you may visit our Facebook Event Page by clicking on the link.
Prevention is better than cure specially right now when there is no cure for 2019 Coronavirus Disease (Covid 19). Since there are no known cure for this new disease but it’s symptoms are already known as it can be found published on the internet and news media.
The Symptoms for this disease are:
Runny nose
Sore throat
Fough
Fever
and difficulty in breathing (severe cases)
The symptoms are known already so we must prevent to have one of those listed symptoms. World Health Organization have released an advice on how we can protect our selves being contaminated with this new virus.
It is said that cleaning our hands with soap and water or hand sanitizer will kill the viruses that are present in our hands. We must cover our mouth when coughing or sneezing then sanitize again our hands to prevent the spread of contamination.
The main public scare here is when a person sneeze or cough, people will think that you are infected with Coronavirus. And with that Social Distancing of 3 feet apart are advised so that we can avoid contamination.
Again we are warned to distance our selves to the persons with cough and fever. So at this moment, when you have cough and fever you will be likely a scare bomb to the public. With this we must take care of ourselves and strengthen our immune system so that we do not get sick.
Our Ancestors have taught us simple techniques on how to strengthen our immunity and that is through drinking Salabat (Ginger) Tea. It is believed that drinking Ginger Tea will help you in the following areas:
Relieve Nausea
Improve Stomach performance
Reduce Inflamation
Fight Respiratory problems
Improve Blood Circulation
Relieve Menstrual Discomfort
Strengthen Immunity
and Relieve Stress
Aside from drinking Ginger Tea, we can use the infused rhizomes of Ginger as disinfectant. So there is no need to panic buying on rubbing alcohol or hand sanitiser because we can use Ginger Tea to disinfectour hands to kill viruses.
Due to Covid 19 outbreak worldwide, people around the world do panic buying and hoarding disinfectant such as 70% rubbing alcohol and sanitizer.
But did you know that mother nature provides natural cure and disinfectant? Yes, it does! But how?
Many Filipino cook rice. And as we prepare rice we wash it. And many of us throw to the sink the washed rice water.
But did you know that we can ferment the rice water and become a natural disinfectant. We do this by adding salt and sugar to the rice water kept on a tight cap bottle. After 24 hours it will become a Lactic Acid Bacteria that we can use for disinfectant.
You can learn more about Lactic Acid Bacteria by checking this site:
Hilot Academy of Binabaylan 
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