Mansaka people of Pantukan and Maragusan Valley, Compostela Valley. Ethnomedical documentation of and community health education for selected Philippine ethnolinguistic groups: the Mansaka people of Pantukan and Maragusan Valley, Compostela Valley Province, Mindanao, Philippines. University of the Philippines Manila 2000.
Ethnomedical documentation of and community health education for selected Philippine ethnolinguistic groups: the Mansaka people of Pantukan and Maragusan Valley, Compostela Valley Province, Mindanao, Philippines
ABSTRACT
An ethnopharmacological study of the Mansaka people in the municipalities of Pantukan and Maragusan Valley, Compostela Valley Province was conducted in June 1999 to May 2000. The research study covered five months in Pantukan and four months in Maragusan Valley. Documentation included materia medica, indigenous knowledge and beliefs on healing practices of the Mansaka people.
There were 11 respondents interviewed in Barangay Napnapan of Pantukan and 13 informants from Maragusan Valley which included healers, elders and family health care providers. A total of 105 plants, 9 animal products, 1 human and 2 mineral products were documented. Documentation​ of herbal plants included the local name(s), part(s) used, indication, preparation, direction for use, and precautions. Other relevant information on the use of plants were also noted, if available. They were used for a total of 63 various ailments and diseases that required different medicinal plants and other natural products. The most frequently used plant parts were the roots, bark and leaves. Decoction and poultice were the most common preparations. Medications, in most cases, were used until symptoms disappeared. There were documented plants used for malaria, to facilitate/enhance delivery of baby, for abnormal menstruation, dysmenorrhea, birth control, postpartum relapse and bleeding, snake bites and other common infectious and non-infectious diseases. Some animal products used to promote good health and to prevent sickness were also documented. Most of the healers and elders believed that most diseases were caused and inflicted by evil spirits and other supernatural beings. The collection of plant specimens was done in Barangay Magcagong and Barangay Cambagong of the Municipality of Maragusan Valley for taxonomic and preservation purposes. Specimens for 26 plants were collected.
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