Good Afternoon!

Juanito D. Guarde Jr.

Alangan Mangyan

Paitan, Naujan, Oriental Mindoro

August 10, 2016

Who are the Mangyans?

Overview •The Health System of Alangan Mangyans is embodied

in their culture.

•There is no such a structured Health Systems or Health Services or Programs implemented by a particular group of persons or by private individuals.

•But as we examine and look differ on how they live, we can as well see how the Alangan Mangyans value Health among the people.

• The Alangan Mangyans of Oriental Mindoro depends solely on the wisdom and leadership of ELDERS called Aplaki.

• The Mangyan Alangan elders serve as the primary provider, consultant and decision maker.

• They are the one who decide what to do on particular matters and everything that lays concerns on the people and to the whole Ancestral Domain.

Maintaining Good Health• the primary aspect

looked into by the

Alangan Mangyan

regards on FOOD

• the APLAKI decides

what to plant, when to

plant, and where to

plant

Alangan Mangyansare mainly subsistence agriculturalists.

The Alangan Mangyansdepend on the environment for their food.

To the Alangan Mangyans, health or

wellness meant harmony with creation

which involved being able to obey and

respect the owner of the forest, the land

and all its resources. They believed that

they incur sickness when they offend the

owner and the spirits who are taking care

of the forest.

Alangan Mangyans Healing System si

facilitated by the APLAKI.

Alangan Mangyan healing system

depends primarily on the

Environment.

Alangyan Mangyans rely also on

Medicinal Plants found on the forest

and to the rest of their environment.

Some are the common ways of the healing rituals among the Alangan Mangyans:1. Agpansula – a ritual of praying to God through

offering a pig or a chicken (dark or black

in color)

2. Pangakuan / Panata – laying promises to Kapwan

Agalapet (God)

3. Agpamana – hitting the bad spirits through the use

bow and arrow.

Some are the common ways of the healing rituals among the Alangan Mangyans:4. Agloop – burning of materials (food and other

things that might cause discomfort) to

relieve from pain

5. Salabong – driving away the bad energy from

other people or unseen creatures

6. Agpanagwala – restoring of good energy of a

sick person

Indigenous

Term

Tagalog Term Parts Used Disease / Illness Treated Ways of Using It

1. Lubidan Lubigan Stem, Leaves Stomach Ache Chewing the stem

2. AlibakwawLeaves Head Ache, Fever Placing the Alibakwaw

leaf on the forehead

3. Geta Dita Bark of the

Tree

Loss Bowel

Movement (LBM)

Boil the bark of Dita

tree and drink the juice

4. Sibukaw

Stem Lack of Red Blood

Cells

Aching Body

Boil the bark of Dita

tree and drink the juice

Apply the juice to the

aching body

5. Mamen Ikmo / Buyo Leaves, Stem Cold, Kabag Extract the juice and

drink it.

Medicinal Plants used by Alangan Mangyans:

6. Kulutan Damong

Kambing

Leaves Boil Grind it and pour or

place on the boil

7. Kudyapa Mayana Leaves Asthma Extract and drink the

juice.

8. Tibanwa

Stem Injured bone Together with oil, place

on the injured part.

9. Balagasa

Leaves Woman who gave

birth

Heat the leaves on fire

and place on womb

10. Kusor

Duso Stem and

Leaves

Wound Place on wound to

remove foreign

materials.

Alangan Mangyans believe to the sacredness of some of the parts of the Ancestral Domain.

Keeping those Sacred Places sanctified makes them acquire and maintain good health.