Traditional and Alternative Health Care Practice

• Herbal Medicine is a use of plants, plants extracts, and plant-based substances to prevent, alleviate, or treat various medical conditions
• Traditional Healers is often called "albularyos/herbularyos" play a crucial role in preventing and passing knowledge of herbal medicine
• True or False: Buy herbs that are grown organically or those that is grown without pesticides

  True
• True or False: Medicinal plants are best harvested when during a heavy rainfall or after and should be avoid picking on sunny mornings

  False
• True or False: If drying is required, it is advisable to dry the plants part either in the oven or air dried on screen above ground and never on concrete floors

  True
• True or False: Do not use stainless utensils when boiling decoction. Use only earthen, enamelled, glass or alike utensils

  True
• True or False: As a rule of thumb, when boiling leaves and other plants parts, do not cover the pot, and boil in low flame.

  True
• Lagundi (Vitex Negundo) is best use in asthma, cough, fever, dysentery, colds, pain, skin diseases, headache, rheumatism, sprain, contusions, insect bites
• Yerba Buena (Hierba Mentha cordifelia) is best used in gaseous distensions, rheumatism, headache, stomachache, cough, cold, toothache, mausea, fainting, menstrual pain and insect bites. It only involves crushing of leaves and boiled to drink as teas.
• Sambong (Blumea balsamifera) is best use in urolithiasis, neurolysis, anti-edema, diuretic, & diarrhea
• Tsaang Gubat (Carmona retusa) is best used in stomachache, abdominal pain, and diarrhea
• Niyug-niyogan (Quisqualis indica L.) is best used in ascariasis, and other helminthic. Special caution involves that this should not give to 4 years old and below
• Bayabas/Guava (Psidium guavaja L.) is best for dizziness, fainting spells, diarrhea, swollen gums, inflammation, wound and vaginal wash
• Akapulko (Cassia, alata L.) is best for anti-fungal, scabies, tinea flava, and athlete's foot
• Ulasimang Bato (Peperonica pellucida) is best for lowering uric acid in cases of arthritis and gout
• Bawang (Allium sativum) is best for hypertension or lowers cholesterol level and toothache
• Ampalaya (Momordica charatia) is best use for diabetis mellitus or mild non-insulin dependent