Comments on: Lick your wounds http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/lick-your-wounds/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:08:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Jose A. Fadul http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/lick-your-wounds/#comment-111226 Jose A. Fadul Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:23:42 +0000 http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/an-analgesic-compound-discovered-in-human-saliva/#comment-111226 "Usog" is a concept in psycho-medicine in Filipino Psychology where an affliction or psychological disorder is attributed to a greeting by a stranger. It usually affects an unsuspecting child, usually an infant, who has been greeted by a visitor. Once affected, the child begins to develop fever, and sometimes convulsions. Supposedly, to counter the effects of "usog" the visitor is asked to put some of his or her saliva on the baby's tummy or forehead before leaving the house, then leaves while saying: "Pwera usog... pwera usog..." The stranger is never to lick the child; the saliva is placed on the finger first, before the finger is rubbed on the baby's tummy or forehead ("lalawayan") to prevent the child from getting overpowered. The practice to counteract "usog" using saliva is very Filipino. I suggest therefore, for those interested in research, to determine whether the saliva of Filipinos contain more opiorphin than other races. Perhaps, Filipinos have salivary composition adaptations, as Sherpas were found to have more hemoglobin in their blood than other people, in their adaptation to thinner oxygen in the Himalayas. “Usog” is a concept in psycho-medicine in Filipino Psychology where an affliction or psychological disorder is attributed to a greeting by a stranger. It usually affects an unsuspecting child, usually an infant, who has been greeted by a visitor. Once affected, the child begins to develop fever, and sometimes convulsions. Supposedly, to counter the effects of “usog” the visitor is asked to put some of his or her saliva on the baby’s tummy or forehead before leaving the house, then leaves while saying: “Pwera usog… pwera usog…” The stranger is never to lick the child; the saliva is placed on the finger first, before the finger is rubbed on the baby’s tummy or forehead (”lalawayan”) to prevent the child from getting overpowered.

The practice to counteract “usog” using saliva is very Filipino. I suggest therefore, for those interested in research, to determine whether the saliva of Filipinos contain more opiorphin than other races. Perhaps, Filipinos have salivary composition adaptations, as Sherpas were found to have more hemoglobin in their blood than other people, in their adaptation to thinner oxygen in the Himalayas.

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]]> By: Dan http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/lick-your-wounds/#comment-3305 Dan Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:12:00 +0000 http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/an-analgesic-compound-discovered-in-human-saliva/#comment-3305 [...] Neurophilosopher: Lick your wounds [...] [...] Neurophilosopher: Lick your wounds [...]

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