Hilot is a word from the Tagalog dialect meaning massage rubbing or touch with caress. There are many words used to refer to the healer (or manghihilot)
Hilot, the Filipino healing arts, are the oldest and the most secret arts in the Philippines. Due to the secrecy of the arts, very rarely do Hilot Masters teach this art to the general public. Most Hilot in the Philippines is either learned from relatives, through hands on practice, or inherited from their forefathers, passing the arts from one generation to the next.
Most Filipinos are exposed to the curative value of Hilot. The art survives through family, relatives, and friends. Hilot apprenticeship is taken seriously by the young "hilot" to absorb as much of the knowledge as possible from his/her "Hilot Priest/Priestess"
Hilot records date back to the first civilization of the Philippines (approximately 5th century). Due to the fact that there is no written history of this art, numerous new generation Hilot masters failed to document the origins, dates, facts, where the arts originated and who developed these effective and intriguing healing arts. There is no doubt that Hilot was practiced in the Philippines to varying degrees or levels, now it is found in many parts of the world, carried by the Filipino Hilot.
Hilot is a popular method of massage, which originated in the Philippines, which is commonly used in the provinces. It uses a traditional Filipino herbal medicines and creams as part of the healing practice.This form of massage therapy was the only source of medical care for Filipinos centuries ago. Even today in rural Philippines, hilot still used by many people, especially the poor who have no money in getting their sick relatives to hospital for treatment.
Hilot is a combination of several forms of medical healing, in which the bones in place and delivering babies of pregnant women in rural areas. Most massage therapists are known as “manghihilot” that almost all are happy to use herbs and ointments under the massage therapy.Like most of the Asian-style massage therapy, Hilot focuses on the ability of healing to remove the energy pathways throughout the patient’s body, believed to be responsible for providing a healthy human body. Most massage therapists who are good at this method, you can guess what is wrong with the patient’s body, looking at him. Hilot, unlike most massages communications needs, and their massage therapist is the patient’s body. This type of massage therapy is a gentle massage therapy can relax and comfort of the patient’s body.
Hilot is a combination of several forms of medical healing, in which the bones in place and delivering babies of pregnant women in rural areas. Most massage therapists are known as “manghihilot” that almost all are happy to use herbs and ointments under the massage therapy.Like most of the Asian-style massage therapy, Hilot focuses on the ability of healing to remove the energy pathways throughout the patient’s body, believed to be responsible for providing a healthy human body. Most massage therapists who are good at this method, you can guess what is wrong with the patient’s body, looking at him. Hilot, unlike most massages communications needs, and their massage therapist is the patient’s body. This type of massage therapy is a gentle massage therapy can relax and comfort of the patient’s body.
In a session of massage therapy, massage therapist asks the patient to lie on the massage table or bed and take off your clothes than when he began working the back of the patient. Heated in banana leaves and other leaves are used and placed in different areas of the patient’s body to help him relax, which is similar to the use of hot stones. Herbal creams are used then the back of the body as a lubricant to improve the operation of the hands in different massage strokes. The pressure is then applied to a massage therapist works to relieve back pain and eliminate stress on the patient’s body. If the patient feels a painful shock or too much strain on the massager, which was to give a massage therapist knows how he feels, so that the therapist can adjust and reduce the pressure and discomfort for the patient.
