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Overview •The Health System of Alangan Mangyans is embodied
in their culture.
•There is no such a structured Health Systems or Health Services or Programs implemented by a particular group of persons or by private individuals.
•But as we examine and look differ on how they live, we can as well see how the Alangan Mangyans value Health among the people.
• The Alangan Mangyans of Oriental Mindoro depends solely on the wisdom and leadership of ELDERS called Aplaki.
• The Mangyan Alangan elders serve as the primary provider, consultant and decision maker.
• They are the one who decide what to do on particular matters and everything that lays concerns on the people and to the whole Ancestral Domain.
Maintaining Good Health• the primary aspect
looked into by the
Alangan Mangyan
regards on FOOD
• the APLAKI decides
what to plant, when to
plant, and where to
plant
To the Alangan Mangyans, health or
wellness meant harmony with creation
which involved being able to obey and
respect the owner of the forest, the land
and all its resources. They believed that
they incur sickness when they offend the
owner and the spirits who are taking care
of the forest.
Alangan Mangyans Healing System si
facilitated by the APLAKI.
Alangan Mangyan healing system
depends primarily on the
Environment.
Alangyan Mangyans rely also on
Medicinal Plants found on the forest
and to the rest of their environment.
Some are the common ways of the healing rituals among the Alangan Mangyans:1. Agpansula – a ritual of praying to God through
offering a pig or a chicken (dark or black
in color)
2. Pangakuan / Panata – laying promises to Kapwan
Agalapet (God)
3. Agpamana – hitting the bad spirits through the use
bow and arrow.
Some are the common ways of the healing rituals among the Alangan Mangyans:4. Agloop – burning of materials (food and other
things that might cause discomfort) to
relieve from pain
5. Salabong – driving away the bad energy from
other people or unseen creatures
6. Agpanagwala – restoring of good energy of a
sick person
Indigenous
Term
Tagalog Term Parts Used Disease / Illness Treated Ways of Using It
1. Lubidan Lubigan Stem, Leaves Stomach Ache Chewing the stem
2. AlibakwawLeaves Head Ache, Fever Placing the Alibakwaw
leaf on the forehead
3. Geta Dita Bark of the
Tree
Loss Bowel
Movement (LBM)
Boil the bark of Dita
tree and drink the juice
4. Sibukaw
Stem Lack of Red Blood
Cells
Aching Body
Boil the bark of Dita
tree and drink the juice
Apply the juice to the
aching body
5. Mamen Ikmo / Buyo Leaves, Stem Cold, Kabag Extract the juice and
drink it.
Medicinal Plants used by Alangan Mangyans:
6. Kulutan Damong
Kambing
Leaves Boil Grind it and pour or
place on the boil
7. Kudyapa Mayana Leaves Asthma Extract and drink the
juice.
8. Tibanwa
Stem Injured bone Together with oil, place
on the injured part.
9. Balagasa
Leaves Woman who gave
birth
Heat the leaves on fire
and place on womb
10. Kusor
Duso Stem and
Leaves
Wound Place on wound to
remove foreign
materials.
Alangan Mangyans believe to the sacredness of some of the parts of the Ancestral Domain.
Keeping those Sacred Places sanctified makes them acquire and maintain good health.