Hilot
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Hilot (/HEE-lot/) is a Filipino practice that is intended to heal. It uses manipulation and massage to attempt the treatment outcome, although techniques vary among practitioners. It emerged from the shamanic tradition of the ancient Filipinos with healers considering their practice as derived from their calling from visions or from having been born by breech.
Hilot (/HEE-lot/) is a Filipino practice that is intended to heal. It uses manipulation and massage to attempt the treatment outcome, although techniques vary among practitioners. It emerged from the shamanic tradition of the ancient Filipinos with healers considering their practice as derived from their calling from visions or from having been born by breech. ==Practitioners== Practitioners of hilot are both the manghihilot and the magpapaanak: ===Magpapaanak=== The magpapaanak, the other "hilot", is the folk "midwife" who does prenatal visits and check-ups to pregnant mothers. Normally a woman, she helps babies during childbirth and often performs the ritual called the suob (a form of "aroma therapy" performed while placed under a cloak). ==See also== Albularyo, a traditional Filipino herbalist Kulam, traditional Filipino witchcraft History of medicine in the Philippines Philippine shamans Folk medicine ==References== ==Further reading== ==External links==
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