toothache

Local Names:
                        Abukado (most dialect)
                          Avocado / Alligator pear (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                        Persea americana Mill

Description:

          A tree bearing large, fleshy, pearshaped fruit containing a single, large seed. The leaves are oblong to ovate with a papery texture. Flowers are very small.

Medicinal Values:

          Scrape the seed. Apply as fillers to the tooth cavity.

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. The leaves are long, flat and pointed. The pinkush flowers form an umbrella-shaped cluster.

Medicinal Values:

          Get a small piece of the clove and insert to cavity of aching tooth.

Local Names:
                          Solasi (Tag.)
                          Albahaka (Bis.)
                          Bidai (Ilok.)
                          Kamungkau (Bik.)
                          Sacred basil (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                          Ocimum sanctum

Description:

           A branching herbaceous, hairy and aromatic plantt. The toothed leaves are somewhat oblong sometimes ovate. Pink and Purple flower form a long stalk at the end of the branches.

Medicinal Values:

          Pound the leaves to extract the juice. Use as gargle to freshen the mouth and alleviate toothache

Local Names:
                        Abukado (most dialect)
                          Avocado / Alligator pear (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                        Persea americana Mill

Description:

          A tree bearing large, fleshy, pearshaped fruit containing a single, large seed. The leaves are oblong to ovate with a papery texture. Flowers are very small.

Medicinal Values:

          Chew young fresh leaves. Insert the chewed mass inside the tooth cavity.

Local names:
                         Kasoy (most dialects)
                         Cashew (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                         Anacardium occidentale L.

Description:

           A spreading small tree with thick, rough ovate leaves. The leaves are alternately attached to its twisted stems. They produce small yellow flowers crowded at the tip of the branches. The yellow fleshy fruit has a kidney shaped seed attached to its apex.

Medicinal Values:

          Prepare an infusion of the leaves and bark. Use it as astringent or mouthwash

          Caution: Mouthwash should be in very dilute form.

Local names:
                         Takip-kohol (mopst dialects)
                         Yahong-yahong (Bis.)
                         Indian hydrocotyle (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                        Centella asiatica L.

Description:

          A creeping, hairy, herb. The leaves are small, rounded , wide and kidney-shaped. These are attached to the stem by means of an erect and long petiole usually in groups of 2�s or 3�s.

Medicinal Values:

          Prepare decoction of the leaves. Use as gargle while still warm.

Local Names:
                         Katakataka (Tag.)
                         Maritana (Bis.)
                         Aritana (Bik.)
                         Milagrosa/Abisrana ( Ilok.)
                         Kalanchoe (Eng.)

Scientific Names:
                         Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.)

Description:

          The whole plant is succulent. The leaves are freshly with scalloped margin. When the leaf touches ground many young plants sprout from the notches of the margin. The flowers are pink to red arranged in small clusters.

Medicinal Values:

          Pound a leaf. Apply as filler of the cavity in the tooth. To relieve swelling caused by tootache, apply the crushed leaves as poultice on the face.

Local names:
                         Tsitsikira (Tag.)
                         Sisirika (Bik.)
                         Kumintang (Bis.)
                         Rosas de baybayon (Bis.)
                         Sta. Rita (Ilok.)
                         Periwinkle (Eng.)

Scientific Name:
                         Catharanthus roseus L.

Description:

          A smooth, slightly branched erect plant. The stems are woody with oblong leaves that are rounded at the tip but pointed at the base. The flowers are either white, pink or red. The plant gives a slightly unpleasant smell when crushed.

Medicinal Values:

          - Crush the root and put the juice on the cavity.