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==Practitioners== [[File:3594Hilot healing reflexology physical therapy a patient 04.jpg|thumb|Patient during Hilot therapy]] Practitioners of ''hilot'' are both the ''manghihilot'' and the ''magpapaanak:''<ref name=JAMA>{{cite web|title=BOOK REVIEWS|url=http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=293604|work=J.A.M.A., April 24, 1954, p. 1470|publisher=JAMA Network|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref> ===Magpapaanak=== The magpapaanak, the other "hilot", is the folk "[[midwife]]" who does prenatal visits and check-ups to pregnant mothers. Normally a woman, she delivers babies during childbirth and often performs the ritual called the ''suob'' (a form of "aroma therapy" performed while placed under a cloak).<ref name=JAMA/>
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