Sabila leaves Wash leaves with water. Pound the leaves and

extract juice Apply the juice on the burn area after soaking

in warm salt solution once a day

Atsuete leaves Wash leaves with water. Boil 10 leaves in 5

glasses of water. Let it cool Soak the burn area for 10 mins . Once a day

Banana leaves Pound young leaves until soft and juicy Drop the juice over the wound. Bandage

snugly but not too tight.

Kangkong Eat two cups of boiled leaves with meals

Malunggay leaves Eat 1 cup cooked leaves with meals

Kampanilya (yellow bell) Boil 5 leaves in 2 glasses of water gor 10 mins

Dosage: Adults: 1 glass, 2 times a day Children: (2-6yrs) 1 tbsp, 2x a day Childern (7-12 yrs) 1 cup 2x a day

Note: in large doses causes diarrhea and vomiting.

Lagundi Leaves Boil 4 tbsps of chopped dried leaves or 6 tbsps

of chopped fresh leaves in 2 glasses of water for 15 mins. Dosage:

Adults : ½ cup, 3x a day Children: (2-6yrs) 2 tbsp, 3 x a day Children: (7-12yrs) ¼ cup, 3x a day

Oregano leaves Boil 1 cup of chopped fresh leaves in 2 glasses

of water for 15 mins. Dosage:

Adults: ½ cup every 4 hours Children: (babies) 1 tsp, 3x a day (2-6yrs) 2 tbsp, 3x a day (7-12yrs) ¼ cup, 3x a day

Bawang or Garlic Slice a small piece – enough to fill the tooth

cavity Place inside the cavity as filling. Renew the

fillings, 2 times a day

Katakataka leaves Crush young kataka-taka leaves Apply directly on the swollen face

Kataka-taka leaves Pound 5-10 leaves and extract the juice Apply the juice directly on the infected bites, 3

times a day

Take garlic 10 pods cut into small add with one glass of cow milk and boil. Drink before going to bed.

Mix and grind seeds of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)(100 gm), turmeric (50gm), white pepper. Take one teaspoon of this powder with a glass of milk twice daily.

The bitter gourd is regarded as the best remedy for diabetes. Drinking at least one tablespoon of bitter gourd juice daily will reduce blood sugar levels in your blood and urine.

Pour one cup of water into a copper vessel at night, and drink the water in the morning.

Copper depletion doubled glucose in blood of diabetic rats fed glucose

The pancreas can be irreversibly destroyed by a copper deficiency in rats

Kalatsusi leaves Roll 2 dried leaves Use as cigarette, one in the morning and one

in the evening

Sampaloc bark Chop and boil a one-foot long piece of bark in

3 glasses of water for 10 mins. Dosage:

Adults: 1 cup every afete rmeal and at bedtime Children: ½ cup, 4x a day (after means and at

bedtime) Babies: 2 tbsps, 4 times a day (after means and

at bedtime)

Take a mixture of 1 tablespoon of water and 2 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice twice a day.

Take a teaspoon of fresh ginger juice mixed with a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey to taste.

Mix 10 – 15 drops of garlic juice in warm water and take internally

Make a paste from dry ginger with a little water or milk, and apply to the forehead.

Sambong Leaves Crush 5 leaves and het driectly over open fire

one at a time Apply directly while still hot over the forehead

for frontal sinusities and over the cheeks for maxiliary sinusitis. Replace the cool leaf with a newly heated one till all 5 leaves are used up. Do this twice a day.

Two teaspoons of lemon juice and a teaspoon of honey mixed in a cup of warm water is good for curing arthritis.

Dosage: Taken twice a day

Half a teaspoon of turmeric powder with warm water helps cure arthritis.Dosage: Taken twice a day

Take 4-5 cloves of garlic, peel and crush them coarsely, add them to a mixture of half-cup milk and half-cup water. Boil it till only ½ cup mixture is left.

Mix 1 teaspoon of onion juice with ½ teaspoon of honey. Have this solution twice a day. Both onion and garlic have adenosine, which has relaxing effect on muscles. So these two products can be generously taken in diet as well as. However garlic is more potent than onion.

Kamias leaves Boil 3 cups of chopped fresh leaves in 2

gallons of water for 10 mins. Strain. Use this decoction for hot sitz bath

Patola leaves Wash and chope about 20 leaves and boil in 2

gallons of water for 10 mins. Strain. Use this decoction for hot sitz bath

Sampaloc or Tamarind leaves Wash and boil a bunch of sampaloc leaves

with water for 10 mins. Use as hot sitz bath.

Ampalaya roots, fruits, and seeds Wash and chop the roots, fruits and seeds.

Extract the juice and mix with oil. Use ½ cup chopped roots, fruits and seeds with 2 tbsp of oil

Wet cpttpn with the ampalaya-oil mixture and apply on the hemorrhoids after the hot sitz bath.

Mansanilya leaves Crush or chop leaves and mix with coconut oil Rub the oil mixture on the abdomen and apply

abdominal binder on overnight or for at least 4 hours

Ginger Crush ginger to make 1 tbsp of juice and drink

after meals

Turmeric Mix 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder in some warm water.

Drink the mixture at once and follow with two glasses of plain water. Drink the turmeric mixture 3 times a day, for several days.

CAUTION: Turmeric can cause constipation, since it is one of the best

remedy for diarrhea. Turmeric has diuretic properties, it dehydrates your system. Drink

plenty of plain water during turmeric treatment. Turmeric is a natural blood thinner, do not take at the same time

with anticoagulants. Turmeric stimulates the secretion of bile, do not use it, if you

know to have a blocked bile duct.

Alugbati leaves poultice Crush two leaves Apply as poultice 2 times a day

Gumamela leaves and flowers poultice Chop 5 leaves and 2 flowers Apply directly on abscess or boil as poultice 2 times a day

Mary Anne D. Tolentino

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