Pre-Hispanic Philippine Medicine

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Katalonan

Babaylan

Balian

Baglan

Baylan

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So-called "physicians" by the:

A) Tagalogs

B) Visayans

C) Bicolanos

D) Ilocanos

E) Mandayas

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Bathala

Diwata

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Supreme Being

(Tagalog)

(Visayas)

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Anitos

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Lesser gods; protectors of the home

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Bathala

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Disperser of good and evil

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Captan

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Shares power of Bathala; planted the bamboi from which sprung the first man and woman

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Sickness

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Caused by gods as chastisements to offenders

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Tawak

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Replaced priestess-healers; includes those with power to neutralize snake poison, Suhi, Gayuma, Aswang, Mangkukulam, Mangagaway

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Suhi

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Has power to remove fish bones from the throat

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Gayuma

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Those adept in concocting love potions/charms

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Aswang

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Responsible for disease of children and miscarriages

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Mangkukulam/mambabarang

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Those possessing diabolical power to cause suffering or disease

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Mangagaway

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Witches that lesions or insanity

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Botbot/Pasuk

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Quack doctor who concocts finery and buyo leaves and rub over the affected area of the patient while uttering orasyon to extract objects

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Orasyon

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Incantation

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Tanduk

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Treatment of dog/cat bites by making incision over the bitten area to bleed then dress with a piece of carabao horn scrapings

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Buga

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Treatment for stomach ache-- an elder chooses a mixture of buyo leaves, betel nut, tobacco leaves and lime and spits them on the umbilical area and then spread with hand

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Usog

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Abdominal colic of children caused by someone with stronger power over three afflicted and saliva from the one causing the sickness be ribbed on the knees of the child

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Buyag

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When an old individual pays a special attention and appreciation on the physical attribute of the child

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"Pwera buyag"

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Parent or one holding child should utter this when buyag occurs

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Tawas/alum or egg

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Used for diagnosis of sickness caused by evil spirits and interpretation through the burnt material coming or of these objects

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Amulets or anting-anting

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Used as preventive

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Herbolarios or Coranderos

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Had wide knowledge of therapeutic properties of many plants; know many poisons and their respective antidotes

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Materia Medica

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Included febrifuges, anti-helmintics, styptics, sedatives, antiseptics, remedies for swelling, furuncles, abscesses, ulcers, wounds

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Sansinakop

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Three physical universe-- the earth, sky, sea, wind, and the surrounding vegetation

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Disequilibrium

Contradiction

Balance

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Likas ng sansinakop (Inherent properties of the universe)

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Direction/source of wind

Harmony or disharmony (man and nature

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Controls manifestations of likas ng sansinakop

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Simoy ng hangin

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Passage of cold and warm meteorological fronts

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Masamang hangin

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Wind flows collectively known as _ is one of three sources of diseases

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Controlled by lamang lupa

Controlled by engkanto

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Two kinds of masamang hangin

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Pantada

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Muscle pain

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Pasma

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Joint pains

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Sikmura

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Stomach ache

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Pasma sa tubig

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Ailment acquired from lake; water from lake is used as medicine

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Matapang na pagkain

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Most potent hot or cold food

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Bisa

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Left-over of foodthat has caused the upset that is secured and burned and the decoction is taken orally

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System of opposition

Self-rectifying quality of objects

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Two perceptual organizations of events in nature

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Pores of the skin

Food consumed

Air inhaled

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Certain illnesses are believed to be caused by imbalance of too many hot elements either in the human body through __ or in the environment

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Tagulabay

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Psoriasis

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Kabag

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Gas pain

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Malaise

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Brought about by over-consumption of food or unregulated intake of cold food characterized by pasma, pantada and sikmura

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Head

Neck

Arms

Legs

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Body parts that are cold by nature

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Joints

Chest

Stomach

Genitals

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Body parts that by nature are hot

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Malusog ang katawan

Mabuti ang katawan

Matipuno ang katawan

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Three different states of physical fitness

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Malaki ang braso

Mataba

Masigla ang ayos

Mahusay ang karamdaman

Matiwasay ang pag-iisip

Magaan ang katawan

Mabuti ang niloloob

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Attributes of Kalusugan

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Health

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Good relationship between man and his surroundings (people around him and the natural and supernatural environment)

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Sakit

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Encompasses all phenomena--physical sufferings, unpleasant mental and emotional disturbances, even empathy to others

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Imbalance or outside of body

Improper diet

Accidents

Disturbance of three elements of nature

Questionable conduct of life

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Causes of sakit

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Natural discomforts

Innate disorders

Supernaturally caused maladies

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3 Broad categories of disease

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Natural discomforts

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Most common skin ailments

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Sugat

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Thru punctures--saksak, tinik, tusok-- due to kamot, kagat, gasgas