Ifugao people of Poitan, Banaue, Ifugao. Ethnomedical documentation of and community health education for selected Philippine ethnolinguistic groups: the Ifugao people of Poitan, Banaue, Ifugao. University of the Philippines Manila 2000.
Ethnomedical documentation of and community health education for selected Philippine ethnolinguistic groups: the Ifugao people of Poitan, Banaue, Ifugao
ABSTRACT
An ethnopharmacological study of the Ifugaos in Poitan, Banaue, Ifugao was conducted from May to October 2000. The study embodied the documentation of the indigenous healing practices of the Ifugaos, ethnopharmacological knowledge and a brief historical and cultural background.
The study covered the entire Barangay Poitan, which is composed of 24 sitios. Although the community does not hold a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Claim (CADC), the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) process was still conducted with the barangay council and the residents. Collection of specimens was conducted during community immersion. A total of 112 medicinal plants and 27 other non-herbal medicinal products were documented. Out of the total number of identified medicinal plants, only 41 specimens were collected while no specimen was gathered for the non-herbal medicinal products. Documentation of materia medica included indication(s), plant part(s) used, preparation, direction for use, and remarks. Aside from the common diseases, scabies, ulcer and urinary tract infection are also experienced by many of the people in the community. Interview, focus group discussions (FGD), participant observation, and forest visits were used to gather and validate data. Caregivers constitute the majority of the informants while few data were obtained from healers.
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