cough

Local Names:
                         Abaniko (most dialects)
                         Leopard lily (Eng.)

Scientific Name
                        Belamcanda chinensis L.

Description:

           Leaves are narrow and lanceolate. They are flatly arranged around the stem forming a fan-like structure. The orange flowers are borne at the tip of the plants.

Medicinal Values

           Prepare a decoction of the rhizomes. Drink as a tea.

Local Names:
                         Alagaw (most dialects)
                          Argaw (Bik., Bis.)
                          Anobran (Ilok.)

Scientific Name:
                         Premma odorata Blanco

Description:

           A small hairy tree or shrub with wide leaves that are heart shaped at the based and pointed at the tip. Flowers are small and arranged in a big cluster at the tip of the stem. The small fruits turn purple when ripe.

Medicinal Values

          The decoction of leaves maybe used as tea. When taken as cough remedy, mix with calamansi.

Local Names:
                         Ampalaya (Tag)
                         Amargoso (Bis. / Bik.)
                         Margoso (Bis.)
                         Paria (Ilok.)
                         Bitter melon (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                       Momordica charantia L.

Description:

          Climbing, annual vine attached to support by means of tendrils. The palmately lobed leaves have heart shaped base. Small, yellow flowers are found at the axils of the leaves. The fruit is long, cynlindrical, green and with wrinkled skin. It has a bitter taste.

Medicinal Values

          Prepare an infusion of the leaves. Take this as tea. Eat the leaves as salad afterwards.

          Leaf extract may also be prepared. Add a little sugar, Drink.

Local Names:
                        Atis (most dialects)
                          Sugar Apple / Sweet Sop ( English )

Scientific Name:
                        Anina Squamosa

Description:

           A tree with oblong leaves that are pointed at both ends. The flowers are single, greenish white and axillary. The large fruit is heart shaped with scale-like cover.

Medical Uses

           Boil 10 leaves with 4 leaves of sambong and a little pieceof ginger in 3 glasses of water. Drink as tea.

Local Names:
                        Bawang (Bik. / Tag.)
                          Bauang (Ilok.)
                          Ahos (Bis.)
                          Garlic ( English )

Scientific Name:
                        Allium Sativum

Description:

           Herb with broad ovoid bulbs divided into cloves around an underground stem. he leaves are long, flat and pointed. The pinkish flowers form an umbrella-shaped cluster.

Medical Uses

           Pound the cloves finely. Mix with honey. Eat a teaspoon 3 times a day.

Local Names:
                        Atis (most dialects)
                          Sugar Apple / Sweet Sop ( English )

Scientific Name:
                        Anina Squamosa

Description:

           A tree with oblong leaves that are pointed at both ends. The flowers are single, greenish white and axillary. The large fruit is heart shaped with scale-like cover.

Medical Uses

          Boil 10 leaves with 4 leaves of sambong and a little pieceof ginger in 3 glasses of water. Drink as tea.

Local Names:
                        Botbotonis (Ilok.)
                          Botonsillo (Tag. / Bis.)
                          Bachelor's button ( English )

Scientific Name:
                        Gomphrena globosa L.

Description:

           A stiff, hairy shrub with thick and purple nodes. The flowers are ethier violet, white or pink.

Medical Uses

           Boil 10-15 flowers in two glasses of water. Drink the decotion as needed. Take as tea three times a day.

Local Names:
                        Kamias (Tag.)
                          Iba (Bis. /Bik.)
                          Pias (Ilok.)
                          Cucumber tree (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                          Averrhoa bilimbi L.

Description:

           A small tree. The leaves are pinnate. The flowers are purple and white, small and slightly fragrant. The fruits are small, green, acidic and juicy.

Medicinal Uses:

          Prepare an infusion of flowers. Drink as tea.

Local Names:
                        Kalamnsi (Tag.)
                         Calamonding (Bis.)
                         Lemonsito (Bik. / Ilok.)
                         Chinese orange (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                         Citrus microcarpa Bunge

Description:

          A small tree with spiny branches. The leaves are narrow oblong and aromatic. It has white, fragrant flowers. The fruits are small, round and green when young. The fruits are covered with aromatic rind.

Medicinal Values:

          Cut the fruit in half and squeeze out the juice. Mix with warm water. Drink as needed.

Local Names:
                       Lagundi (most dialects)
                        Five fingers (Eng.)
                        5-leaves chaste tree (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                      Vitex negundo L.

Description:

           A shrucb growing wild in thickets and waste places. Its compound leaf has 3 to 5 leaflets. The flowers are blue and bell shaped. The small fruits black when ripe.

Medicinal Values:

          Boil a handful of leaves in water to produce a glassful of decoction. Adults and children may drink a glassful of decoction three times a day.

Local Names:
                       Lima-lima (Tag.)
                        Tagalima (Bik./Bis.)
                        Karakang (Ilok.)
                        Five Fingers (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                        Schefflera odorata (Blanco)

Description:

           A scrub or a vine characterized by its 5 to 6 leaflets attached to along petiole. The leaves are smooth, shiny and leathery. When crushed the leaves give a sweetish-sour smell.

Medical Values:

          Prepare a decoction of the leaves, stems and bark. Drink as needed.

Local Names:
                       Mansanilya (most dialects)
                        Chrysanthemum (Eng.)

Scientific Names:
                        Chrysanthemum indicum L.

Description:
           Aromatic perrenial, hairy herb. The leaves are thin and with lobed margin. The bright yellow flowers are in terminal or axillary clusters.

Medicinal Values:

          Prepare a decoction of leaves and flowers. Drink as tea.
          For a more effective decoction mix 9 gm of mansanilla flowers, 9 gm of moras, and 5 gm. Of yerba buena

Local Names:
                       Sibuyas 9most dialects)
                        Lasona� (Ilok.)
                        Onion (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                       Allium cepaLinn.

Description:

          Herbaceous plants with long, green tubular leaves that form enlarged bulbs at the base. It is slightly pungent and aromatic. The flowers are rare and are formed in star-like clusters.

Meidcinal Values:

          Pour boiling water over cuts leaves. Add sugar and drink the infusion as neede.