Albularyo or albulario is a Filipino term for a witch doctor, folk healer or medicine man, derived from Spanish herbolario (herbalist).
[2] An albularyo is a "folk doctor"[3] commonly found in the more rural areas of the Philippines who heals people using herbs and traditional practices such as hilot or massage.
[4] The albularyo's patient claims that the practitioner have supernatural powers that modern medicine does not provide.
[6] The albularyos practice their trade using prayers called orasyon (from Spanish oracion),[7] and rituals.
[7] Some ailments are claimed to be the work of lamang lupa who were unknowingly or knowingly harmed by the patient.