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Gobyew(Dysentery)
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- Authors:
- Sinumlag AB, Suyam, R, Palaganas, EC
- Title:
- Phase II Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health for Selected Ethnoliguistic Groups: THE UMA TRIBE of Western Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga Province, Cordillera
- Source:
- Terminal report
- Keywords:
- Causes:
- Materials:
- This illness would make the patient suffer by continuous defecation and stomach ache that can last for several weeks
- Management:
- John Pario shared that he discovered a cure for dysentery or what the tribe call, gobyew. This he said is an illness that would make the patient suffer by continuous defecation and stomach ache. The cure he said was tested by him to himself when he was suffering such kind of disease. He was already thin and dehydrated for prolonged suffering from dysentery when he saw a woman pulverizing jekot (sticky rice) by pounding it. He grabbed a handful from the pulverized jekot and ate. Successfully, he was able to stop from going in and out of the toilet. When one of his relative who is at the same time, their neighbor was suffering from the said illness, he advised her to eat the same jekot and when she did, she was healed.
- Additional information:
- Informant:
- John Pario, 66
- Address:
- Sitio Ag-agama, Western Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga Province, Cordillera Administrative Region
- Information gathered by:
- Sinumlag, AB
- Date gathered:
- 02/06/2013
- Abstracted by:
- Province:
- Kalinga - UMA tribe