Paluga MJD, Millondaga KJI, Cabero JD, Ragrario AMM, Galang RM, Sia IC. 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 Mandaya people of Mati (Kamunaan), Davao Oriental. University of the Philippines Manila 2013.
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 Mandaya people of Mati (Kamunaan), Davao Oriental
ABSTRACT
An ethnopharmacological study of the Mandaya was conducted from May 2012 to May of 2013. The one-year study included documentation primarily of the indigenous healing practices and ethnopharmacological knowledge of the Mandaya. The ethnohistorical background of the tribe was also included in the study. The study covered (2) major areas, namely Mati (Kamunaan) and Caraga, Davao Oriental. Our main host organization in Mati was the Kamunaan Museum of Atty. Alejandro Aquino.
A total of 32 plants were documented. Documentation employed the use of prepared ethnopharmacological templates which included: medicinal plants and other natural products, herbarial compendium of selected medicinal plants, local terminology of condition and treatments, rituals and practices, and traditional healer’s templates. Actual visits to the communities within the network of Kamunaan did not materialize because of time limitations.
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