Kusay (Chinese chives) here is used to treat bugkol (bukol or head swelling).
Manzanilla leaves are used for stomachache.
Minced bawang (garlic) is used for kamanew or an-an (Tinea skin infection).
Oregano leaf tea is for cough.
Bawang infusion is also inhaled for clogged nose, and eaten raw as 'maintenance medicine' for hypertension.
Palya (ampalaya or bitter gourd) juice is also fed to newborns as purgative.
Herbs are especially used to make healing baths. Dangla (lagundi) is "pan-banyos" (boiled as part of bath) after having a bout of flu so as to avoid a relapse. Pias (kamias) leaves are also used as part of restorative bath for a woman who has just given birth. Salomagi (tamarind) and biray (local basil) leaves are also used as part of banyos bath when the body is full of betel (lamig, or 'coldness'). These herbs are also used as "pan-suob" (steam bath) after a fever is caused by a relapse. Taltalikod or taltalikor is used as part of baby bath as it is supposedly good for the baby's skin and health. Belbelnat is used as suob for someone who is abelnat (has relapsed fever). Kulantro (cilantro/wansoy) seeds are also used as part of bath to cure baris (measles).
Lasuna (sibuyas Tagalog or shallot) is used for fever.
Subusob or sambong (comfrey) is for kidney problems.
Sampaga (damong maria) is for irregular menstruation and stomachache.
Herba buena or yerba buena is used to relieve stomach issues.
Makabuhay is for itchy skin and stomachache.
Tagumbao (jatropha) leaves are heated and applied in sprains and the leaf petiole is used together with larak (coconut oil) or baby oil to poke a baby's anus, to induce the baby to defecate.
Bayawas (guava) leaves are boiled to make an antiseptic wash. Newly circumcised boys are told to chew on guava shoots and apply the poultice on the wound to avoid infection.
Banaba is widely used for kidney problems.
Pansit-pansitan is used for small kidney stones and urinary tract infections.
Tsaang gubat is used as a cleanser of internal organs.
Acapulco is also used for for kamanew (tinea infection) and buni (ringworm).
Kataka-taka is for headache.
A piece of avocado seed is inserted in a tooth cavity to ease the pain of tooth decay.
Adelfa is used to treat many skin problems.
Katuray flowers are eaten inkelnat (blanched) to prevent hypertension.
The juice of inkalot a dalayap o kabelew (roasted native lemon) is applied on the throat or back to relieve cough.
Kulibetbet (pandakaki puti) is used to treat open wounds and wound inflammation -- the milky sap is applied directly on the wound.
Talay (tanglad) is for hypertension and other issues.
Sabila (aloe vera) is a salve for burns.
Gagalen is a traditional chew made of areca nut (bua) and lime (apog) wrapped in betel leaf (lawer) believed to "assuage hunger pangs and strengthen the teeth and gums" but leaves the teeth and gums with a red stain. Lawer leaves are applied with larak (coconut oil) and heated, then applied on the back of chest to relieve cough and cure sprain just like tagumbao.
Pito-pito tea was introduced in the '80s, thanks to the weather broadcaster Ernie Baron, as some sort of cleansing tea. The tisane consists of mango leaves, guava leaves, banaba leaves, pandan leaves, agdao or alagaw leaves, kulantro seeds, and anise seeds.
The above list is not in any way complete. There are most certainly a few dozens more. The rule of thumb is, if there is no indigenous name used, chances are a given herbal is an introduced species.
Noticeably, the following are being used today: tawa-tawa for dengue, kulkulnet? (paragis, carabao grass) for hypertension, serpentina (king of bitters herb, 'pait grass') for diabetes and metabolic problems, and 'ashitaba,' called dumo or tumo, to cure gout. Palya, okra, and most recently insulin plant, are popular cure for diabetes.
Oregano leaf tea is for cough.
Bawang infusion is also inhaled for clogged nose, and eaten raw as 'maintenance medicine' for hypertension.
Palya (ampalaya or bitter gourd) juice is also fed to newborns as purgative.
Herbs are especially used to make healing baths. Dangla (lagundi) is "pan-banyos" (boiled as part of bath) after having a bout of flu so as to avoid a relapse. Pias (kamias) leaves are also used as part of restorative bath for a woman who has just given birth. Salomagi (tamarind) and biray (local basil) leaves are also used as part of banyos bath when the body is full of betel (lamig, or 'coldness'). These herbs are also used as "pan-suob" (steam bath) after a fever is caused by a relapse. Taltalikod or taltalikor is used as part of baby bath as it is supposedly good for the baby's skin and health. Belbelnat is used as suob for someone who is abelnat (has relapsed fever). Kulantro (cilantro/wansoy) seeds are also used as part of bath to cure baris (measles).
Lasuna (sibuyas Tagalog or shallot) is used for fever.
Subusob or sambong (comfrey) is for kidney problems.
Sampaga (damong maria) is for irregular menstruation and stomachache.
Herba buena or yerba buena is used to relieve stomach issues.
Makabuhay is for itchy skin and stomachache.
Tagumbao (jatropha) leaves are heated and applied in sprains and the leaf petiole is used together with larak (coconut oil) or baby oil to poke a baby's anus, to induce the baby to defecate.
Bayawas (guava) leaves are boiled to make an antiseptic wash. Newly circumcised boys are told to chew on guava shoots and apply the poultice on the wound to avoid infection.
Banaba is widely used for kidney problems.
Pansit-pansitan is used for small kidney stones and urinary tract infections.
Tsaang gubat is used as a cleanser of internal organs.
Acapulco is also used for for kamanew (tinea infection) and buni (ringworm).
Kataka-taka is for headache.
A piece of avocado seed is inserted in a tooth cavity to ease the pain of tooth decay.
Adelfa is used to treat many skin problems.
Katuray flowers are eaten inkelnat (blanched) to prevent hypertension.
The juice of inkalot a dalayap o kabelew (roasted native lemon) is applied on the throat or back to relieve cough.
Kulibetbet (pandakaki puti) is used to treat open wounds and wound inflammation -- the milky sap is applied directly on the wound.
Talay (tanglad) is for hypertension and other issues.
Sabila (aloe vera) is a salve for burns.
Gagalen is a traditional chew made of areca nut (bua) and lime (apog) wrapped in betel leaf (lawer) believed to "assuage hunger pangs and strengthen the teeth and gums" but leaves the teeth and gums with a red stain. Lawer leaves are applied with larak (coconut oil) and heated, then applied on the back of chest to relieve cough and cure sprain just like tagumbao.
Pito-pito tea was introduced in the '80s, thanks to the weather broadcaster Ernie Baron, as some sort of cleansing tea. The tisane consists of mango leaves, guava leaves, banaba leaves, pandan leaves, agdao or alagaw leaves, kulantro seeds, and anise seeds.
The above list is not in any way complete. There are most certainly a few dozens more. The rule of thumb is, if there is no indigenous name used, chances are a given herbal is an introduced species.
Noticeably, the following are being used today: tawa-tawa for dengue, kulkulnet? (paragis, carabao grass) for hypertension, serpentina (king of bitters herb, 'pait grass') for diabetes and metabolic problems, and 'ashitaba,' called dumo or tumo, to cure gout. Palya, okra, and most recently insulin plant, are popular cure for diabetes.
Bonus:
Gatas na ina o linaew na bulong na ponti so ipatak ed matan asore eyes. (Gatas ng ina o patak ng hamog mula sa dahon ng saging ang dapat ipatak sa matang may sore eyes. Mother’s milk or dewdrops from banana leaves may be dropped on eyes with sore eyes.)
Reference: Clarita F. Tagab
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