QUESTION:
In what way do the hilot and albularyo hel p people in isolated area with no health professionals?
ANSWER:
Hilot and Albularyo help people
in isolated areas with no health
professionals by using traditional
medicine. Most of the hilot and albularyo
in the provinces learned traditional
medicine from their ancestors. They
usually prescribe herbal medicine and
other non-Western practices such as
tambal and paghilot. While some of
these practices are not recommended
by Western medicine, they serve as
help for people with no access to health
professionals. For example, someone
For example, someonewho has been bitten by a dog will.
