Philippine Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health

- Local ailments -

 
LOCAL NAME OF AILMENT DESCRIPTION PROVINCE
   
Pagan Vagina bleeds, fever, headache, chilling. Zamboanga - Salambuyan 
   
For pigbunuon sa mangkalat (cursed by an entity unlike ours), gi hilabtan og dili-ingon natu in local dialect (Cebuano), with variations on different places- gi busaw(cursed by an entity not like ours) and gi-dautan (cursed by a super natural entity). This condition is described by the patient as abrupt and sudden on its onset. Pain is mostly complained or felt by the patients depending on the body parts attacked or inflicted and is sometimes accompanied by fever and body malaise. Davao - Tagakaolo 
   
Pasmo The veins are swollen and pain is felt. Zamboanga - Malayal 
   
Pasmo The veins are swollen and pain is felt. Zamboanga - Malayal 
   
Pasmo The veins are swollen and pain is felt. Zamboanga - Malayal 
   
Kulam The person is always unwell, cannot sleep, spit blood and died. Zamboanga - Mandih 
   
For wound inflicted by "busaw", tigbason sa busawin local dialect (Cebuano). The patients affected by this condition commonly complained of sudden pain on different parts of the body. Davao - Talaingod Manobo 
   
Kulam The patient loses weight and is sickly. Zamboanga - Mandih 
   
Barang "Badang" The patient loses weight and is sickly. Zamboanga - Mandih 
   
Pasmo- kusog The patient loses weight and experiences insomnia. Zamboanga - Mandih