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 Talaingod Manobo people of Sitio Laslasakan, Sitio Bagang, and Sitio Nalubas, Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte. 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 Talaingod Manobo people of Sitio Laslasakan, Sitio Bagang, and Sitio Nalubas, Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte
ABSTRACT
An ethnopharmacological study of the Talaingod Manobo was conducted from May 2012 to May 2013. The one-year study included documentation primarily of the indigenous healing practices and ethnopharmacological knowledge of the Talaingod Manobo. The ethnohistorical background of the tribe was also included in the study. The study covered (3) Sitios, namely Sitio Laslasakan, Sitio Bagang, and Sitio Nalubas, Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte. Our main host organization here was the Salugpungan Ta Tanu Igkanugon. The researcher selected Sitio Nalubas as the study satellite site.
A total of 108 plants and 3 other natural products, 2 traditional healers, and 5 community informants in the community 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. Immersion in the community was the primary method employed. Interview and participant-observation, and forest visits were utilized to gather data. Focus group discussions were also done as a form of data validation. Formalized informed consent for this study was asked from different peoples' organizations, religious institutions, and from different key individuals prior to the documentation and collection of medicinal plants.
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