For cultural ailment salabet or pigsalabet (natabuan sa dili-ingon nato) (maski og unsaon pagtambal kay magsige og suka) - Conditions & illnesses - Philippine Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health

For cultural ailment salabet or pigsalabet (natabuan sa dili-ingon nato) (maski og unsaon pagtambal kay magsige og suka)

Salabet or pigsalabet is a cultural affliction generally characterized by unexplainable vomiting and mostly accompanied by pain on certain areas of the body. Most commonly affected is the stomach area. If not promptly treated, it may lead to death due to dehydration.


Authors:: Paluga MJ, Cabero JD, Millondaga KJI, Ragrario AMM, Galang RM, Sia IC
Title:: Phase II Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health for Selected Ethnolinguistic Groups: The TAGAKAULO people of Sitio Biao, Sitio Binacalan, and Sitio Lunao in Barangay Pinalpalan; Sitio Kitulali and Sitio Kyasan in Barangay Kilalag; Sitio Malandog and Sitio Kangko in Barangay Dimuluk, Malita, Davao del Sur
Source:: Technical report
Keywords:: salabet, pigsalabet, vomiting, suka, dili-ingon nato, supernatural being, bilay, Bidens pilosa L., gapas Gossypium hirsutum L., andalamay, Boehmeria cypholophoides Merr., Kalimasan Palapan Bayato, Clarita Inantay, Davao del Sur, Malita, Dimuluk, Davao del Sur, Malita, Barangay Pinalpalan, Sitio Lunao
Causes:: It is believed to be caused by the infliction of a supernatural being (not-like-ours).
Materials:: Materials used in the diagnosis of the infliction include seven pieces of bilay flower (Bidens pilosa L.),a pinch of table salt, and a pinch of ashes or apog. Then mix all the ingredients in a bowl of cold water. If the infusion turns to red, it would mean that the patient is (+) positive for salabet or pigsalabet.
Management:: Salabet or pigsalabet is best managed by taking the infusion of different herbal plants and minerals. The concoction of plant bilay (Bidens pilosa L.), minerals, salt and ashes used in diagnosing the condition, could also be used in treating the affliction. According to Kalimasan Palapan Bayato, a mamolongay (traditional general practitioner) and at the same time a mananamok (traditional birth attendant), drinking 1 1/2 tbsp. of the infusion can treat the ailment. Another management of the infliction is through the use of bilay (Bidens pilosa L.), gapas (Gossypium hirsutum L.), salt and ash infusion. To do this, first boil three pieces of bilay flowers and three pieces of gapas leaves. Then, add some salt and a pinch of ashes (abo). Remember to use the ash coming from the center part of the "abuhan", the place where you did your burning. Lastly, drink the infusion until the affliction is gone or you could use the infusion to massage the affected part . Another management of the affliction, the last one, is the utilization of the plant Andalamay (Boehmeria cypholophoides Merr.). This is done by obtaining three pieces of andalamay leaves, torn into smaller pieces. Then place it in a glass of water and add a pinch of salt. Drink the infusion until affliction is gone. The two latter managements are from the healer Clarita Inantay.
Additional information:
Informant:: Kalimasan Palapan Bayato and Clarita Inantay
Address:: Davao del Sur, Malita, Dimuluk and Davao del Sur, Malita, Barangay Pinalpalan, Sitio Lunao respectively.
Information gathered by:: Paluga MJD, Ragrario AMM, Millondaga KJI, Cabero JD
Date gathered:: 2013-03-06 and 2012-11-12
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Province:: Davao - Tagakaolo