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Hilot is an ancient Filipino healing art. It is known as the [Philippines]]' brand of touch therapy. There are several varieties of this kind of alternative medicine massage. It has been a useful way of treating illnesses from flu to sprains and even bone dislocations. It is embedded in the Filipino culture and is still into practice as an alternative medicine massage.

Like other systems of natural health care, the basic concept of traditional Filipino healing is that health and wellness are maintained by balance and harmony. On the other hand, discomfort, illness, and disease are the results of imbalance and disharmony. In applying hilot, the therapist identifies areas of energy imbalance in a client’s body through touch diagnosis. From here, the therapist proceeds to customize the treatment to remove or alleviate such imbalances. Although hilot is indigenously Filipino, it has traces of influence from the great medical traditions, that is, traditional Chinese medicine, India’s Ayur-Veda, and the Yunani-Tibb medical traditions of Persia and Greece... (read more)

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