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Folk medicine is not the only medical system used by Filipinos. In general, Filipino health practices are based on biological, spiritual, and personal understandings. [27] In particular, Filipinos support two contrasting medical systems of western medicine and alternative medicine, otherwise referred to as holistic healing. [27]
Early beliefs of health and illness in the Philippines were in conjunction with beliefs of mysticism and superstitions. [3] The cause of a disease was believed to be either another person, who was an enemy, or a wizard, or evil spirits. Filipinos were careful not to upset other people or the evil spirits for the good of their health. These evil ...
Health care in the Philippines extends as far back as the 15th century. Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, life and by extension health care, was centered around the animate and inanimate world. Traditional Filipino medicinal herbs were used for a wide variety of ailments. Anonas leaves were applied to the stomach for indigestion.
Filipino American cultural values contribute to a strong sense of community but may also lead to nuanced challenges when navigating depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation.
The history of medicine in the Philippines discusses the folk medicinal practices and the medical applications used in Philippine society from the prehistoric times before the Spaniards were able to set a firm foothold on the islands of the Philippines for over 300 years, to the transition from Spanish rule to fifty-year American colonial embrace of the Philippines, and up to the establishment ...
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As of September 2020, the Philippines has a population of nearly 110 million and a population density of 368 per square kilometer. 32% of the population of the Philippines is under 15 years old, and only 22.2% is over 60. In the Philippines, 16.6% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2018. [8] [9]
Albularyo or albulario is a Filipino term for a witch doctor, folk healer or medicine man, derived from Spanish herbolario (herbalist). [1] They practice folk medicine and use medicinal plants in their trade. [2]