| Alternative medicine has risen so quickly in popularity | | | | been handed down from generation to generation of |
| that many forms of alternative medicine treatments | | | | mang-hihilot contains variations added or subtracted by |
| have been brought into the spotlight. The alternative | | | | the current masseuse. |
| medicine massage treatment is among these. | | | | Uses Of This Alternative Medicine Massage |
| Massage is a great way to relax the body and take | | | | The hilot type of massage is often used to alleviate |
| away the stress and problems of the day. The more | | | | aches and pains due to overwork or stress. It is also |
| common reasons that people get an alternative | | | | common for a hilot masseuse to attend to a pregnant |
| medicine massage is to rid their body of kinks and to | | | | woman during birth or to change the position of the |
| feel refreshed afterwards. | | | | baby. |
| The History of Hilot | | | | Other hilot massages also help to ease the pain of a |
| Hilot as an alternative medicine massage originated | | | | sprain or a dislocation. These massages can be painful |
| from the Philippines. There are several varieties of this | | | | therefore the person giving the hilot usually asks the |
| kind of alternative medicine massage. It has been a | | | | individual to chew on some leaves or to take a brew |
| useful way of treating so many things from the flu to | | | | which can alleviate pain. Although the pain can be very |
| sprains and even dislocations. It is embedded in the | | | | intense to begin with, many claim that the medicinal |
| culture of the country and there are, up to this very | | | | value in the future fare outweighs the temporary |
| day, a few people who practice this type of | | | | discomfort of the treatment. |
| alternative medicine massage. | | | | This form of alternative medicine massage is very |
| The mang-hihilot or masseuse tends to guard their | | | | effective especially for the stress related aches and |
| secrets methods of kneading and herbs that this is | | | | pains. Many of todays clients of hilot massages are |
| now uncommon to get a person who is skilled at it. | | | | doctors, lawyers, stockbrokers, and real estate |
| Due to the close guarding of the trade secrets of the | | | | brokers. These high stress jobs require a release of |
| masseuse, they only teach their close relatives this art | | | | stress and many have found that massage is the |
| of alternative medicine massage in order to keep the | | | | perfect way. |
| family line going. It is uncommon today to actually have | | | | It is typically done with the accompaniment of virgin |
| a Hilot that is performed by someone with ancient | | | | coconut oil to rub or knead at the muscles. After a hilot |
| heritage. | | | | session, you are usually warned not to bathe for |
| Hilot goes as far back as the 5th century in the tribes | | | | approximately twenty four hours. This is because the |
| of the Filipino people. It is unfortunate to note that there | | | | special oils used in the hilot session are rumored to only |
| are no written facts or documents regarding the exact | | | | work if given enough time to soak in though the skin. |
| ways of this alternative medicine massage. What has | | | | |