Philippine Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health

- Local ailments -

 
LOCAL NAME OF AILMENT DESCRIPTION PROVINCE
   
Pagan Chills, headache and fever are felt. Zamboanga - Salambuyan 
   
Impalatso (Indigestion) Difficulty digesting the food taken. It is usually characterized by abdominal distention, pain and burning sensation in the stomach or chest. Siquijor - Bandilaan 
   
Pasmo- kaon Epigastric pain, dizziness and head ache are felt. Zamboanga - Mandih 
   
Pasmo- kaon Epigastric pain, dizziness and head ache are felt. Zamboanga - Mandih 
   
Pasmo-kaon Epigastric pain, dizziness and head ache are felt. Zamboanga - Mandih 
   
Binat, Bughat (mangyan) Experienced after giving birth or after recovering from flu, Patient feels dizzy, lightheaded, and weak. Affected women may see bright spots, have cloudy vision or suffer a nervous breakdown. Mindoro - Hanunuo tribe 
   
Panuhot Feet get cold, feels something different, and the patient will not recover if he could not fart. Zamboanga - Salambuyan 
   
Dispula Foot to leg part are inflamed, red skin, not itchy, painful on the inflamed part. Mindoro - Hanunuo tribe 
   
Himughat For a person not to easily experience bughat. Zamboanga - Salambuyan 
   
Pigis (buyag buyag) From field and experiences sudden back ache and the intensity of pain increases. Zamboanga - Salambuyan