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MASSAGE is the perhaps the oldest form of
therapy known to man, and in the Philippines it maintains a long and
rich tradition. The Filipino art of bone setting and therapeutic
massage was known by various name: hilot (Tagalog, Visayan, Bicolano,
Manobo, Dumagat), hagud (Bukidnon), aplos (Bontoc) and ablon
(Northern Ilocano) to name a few. Its practitioners known as
manghihilot, mammulo and partera were a common sight throughout the
archipelago.
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This global epidemic Diabetes, which is increasing at an alarming
rate is certainly no respecter of age, sex, race, status or
occupation victimizing even fragile infants.
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