The System of Healing Used by the Filipino Espiritistas

The research question was: What is the system of healing used by the Filipino espiritistas? The study concentrates on descriptions of the Filipino espiritistas' system of healing in accordance with the parameters for a healing system presented in a journal article in Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, "Defining and Describing Complementary and Alternative Medicine" by O'Connor et al. (1997). Archival data were utilized in gathering the necessary information to develop a description of the Filipino espiritistas' system of healing, and it was determined that the description meets the parameters of a system of healing as presented by O'Connor et al. to the U. S. National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine (NIHOAM).