I Still Believe In Hilot

If you are a follower of this blog, you know that my mother is so old-fashioned she still apply it to my son, but this one I'm gonna tell you is really effective.

Hindi ko alam kung naniniwala ka sa "pilay" at "hilot" pero ako, I still believe in them. Let me share you my story. The first time we encounter this to my baby is when he's 8 months old. We brought him to the hospital due to high fever and swollen bite marks on his hands and legs. That was the worst feeling that mother can feel, to see their child in pain.

My baby was admitted to the hospital and done series of test to check if it's dengue. Luckily, hindi naman siya dengue. It's been 2 days but his fever doesn't go down. A visitor hold my baby's feet and said it's so cold, "may pilay yan, subukan niyong ipahilot" and then my parents did. They called their friend na manghihilot (practitioner).

The most painful feeling I've ever felt in my life. Please be strong my baby. If only I can take away those pain, I will. 😥💉🌡

A photo posted by Lady Anne Louise Barrun (@ladymotherhoodjourney) on Feb 6, 2016 at 12:07pm PST

Kinapakapa ng manghihilot yung likod ng baby ko at alam niya agad kung saan yung pilay. She put a generous amount of baby oil on her hands then she gently massage my baby's back. It takes less than 15 minutes and applied oil on his feet, chest and forehead. I don't know what that means but they said, oil can prevent cold air to enter the baby's body. Weird right?

Just a few minutes after the "hilot" my baby's fever was gone and he's back from being playful. Hilot according to wikipedia is an ancient healing. It is a simple type of massage that originated in our country. Like other Asian Massage techniques, Hilot employs massage techniques using aromatherapy for ambience, massage oil or virgin coconut oil. Pilay is an injury caused by twisting. This is very common for babies since their bones are still soft. Sabi din ng matatanda, nagkakapilay din ang bata kapag mali ang karga.

The day after that, we were discharged from the hospital. Mga sumunod na buwan, nilagnat ulit ang baby ko at ang aming friendly manghihilot ang naging kasagutan namen para gumaling siya. I don't advice this to all my readers, I just wanna share my experience with you. It's pretty effective to us, and if you will think of it, old people don't have medicine or good doctors before but they survive it because of this old-fashion method of healing.

Sa ngayon, sobrang ok naman ang baby ko, no abnormalities, sobrang active and healthy. Don't attempt to do it on your own even it just a simple massage. Hindi naten alam baka lalong lumala lang. Manghihilot/practitioner are trained and has experience for that.

How about you mommy? Do you believe in hilot too? Share your experience and thoughts about it.