Tapal

Tapal

Tapal was one of the traditional way of healing that commonly practice by most of Pilipino. It is only done by faith healer like those albularyo and even an ordinary citizen can perform some common healing specially to those who are trying in achieving some expertise in healing. They started in common way of healing like hilot.

A common rural treatment modality that utilizes prayer, either written or whispered. A piece of common material, usually cloth or paper to which a prayer has been written (orasyon) is applied and pasted directly to the wound. The same prayer may also be whispered (bulong) onto the applied material and wound or area of complaint. Another common practice is to whisper the prayer on the top of the head hoping to drive the poison back or downward, away from the brain. 

 

The insert on the left is an example of an "orasyon," a prayer written on a piece of paper and applied to a bite or wound, believed to be effective for the treatment of poisonous snake or rabid dog bites. E.S.D.M. is a 'bibliato' for: emamil salvador del mundo. Jisus, for Jesus. Often, it's a mumbo-jumbo of esoteric initials and borrowed Latin

Often used in the treatment of poisonous bites or wounds, it is also used for a lot of sundry complaints: fevers, headaches, toothaches, and arthritic pains, usually applied directed to the area of complaint. The treatment involved both "bulong" and "orasyon," the prayer written on the pieces of paper now smudged and barely readable.
In some cases, like many other Albularyo, paper and conventional paste is used it comes along with bulong and orasyon as well.

 A piece of paper with orasyon is also effective when it is soaked in oil ( with bulong). It is used mainly in “hilot” and in wounds that are hard to heal, mostly unexplained wounds or galis, which most albularyo refer to as “ hinohuyop”.

Source: http://maramba.wikispaces.com/Philippine+TAH

 This pictures are taken while lola ange is doing the process of TAPAL.