10 HERBAL

L.V.B.
MEDICINES
APPROVED BY DOH
 REPUBLIC ACT 8423
 “ Traditional and Alternative
Medicine Act (TAMA)of 1997

 -an act creating the Philippine

Institute of Traditional and
Alternative Health Care
(PITAHC) to accelerate the
development of traditional and
alternative health care in the
Philippines, providing for a
traditional and alternative health
care development fund and for
other purposes
 Avoid the use of insecticide as these may leave poison on
plants.

 In the preparation of herbal medicine, use a clay pot and

remove cover while boiling at low heat.

 Use only part of the plant being advocated.

 Follow accurate dose of suggested preparation.

Use only one kind of herbal plant for each type
of symptoms or sickness.

Stop giving the herbal medication in case

untoward reaction such as allergy occurs.

If signs and symptoms are not relieved after 2

to 3 doses of herbal medication, consult a
doctor.
Blumea balsamifera

Uses:
 Anti-edema
 Antiurolithiasis
 Diuresis

Preparations:
1. Boil chopped leaves in water
for 15 minutes until one glassful
remains, Cool and strain.

2. Divide decoction into 3 parts.

Drink one part 3x a day
Cassia alata
a.k.a. "bayabas-bayabasan" and
"ringworm bush“

Uses:
1. Anti-fungal: Tinea Flava,
Ringworm, Athlete’s foot,
Scabies

Preparations:
1. Fresh matured leaves are
pounded
2. Apply as a soap to the affected
part 1-2x/day
Quisqualis indica L.
a.k.a. "Chinese honey suckle“- a vine

USES:
1. Anti- Helminthic

PREPARATIONS:
1. Seeds: eaten raw 2 hours before the
last meal of the day

*ADULTS: 10 seeds
*10-12 yrs. old: 7 seeds
*8-9 yrs. Old: 6 seeds
*Children 4-7 yrs. Old: 4 seeds only

**not to be given to children < 4 yrs. old

 USES: Ehretia microphylla Lam
1.Diarrhea a.k.a.Forest tea or Wild tea
2.Stomach ache

PREPARATION:
1.Boil chopped leaves
in 2 glasses of water
for 15 minutes or
until water goes
down to 1 glass. Cool
and strain
 USES:
1. Lowers blood sugar levels
2. DM 2

PREPARATIONS:
1. Gather and wash young
leaves very well.
2. Chop then Boil 6 tbsps. In
two glassfuls of water for 15
Momordica charantia
minutes under low fire "bitter gourd" or "bitter melon"
3. Do not cover pot
4. Cool and strain
5. Take one third cup 3x/day
after meals
 USES:
1. Asthma, cough
2. Fever, Dysentery, Colds and Pain
3. Aromatic batch for sick patients

PREPARATIONS:
1. For Asthma, cough and fever: boil
chopped raw leaves in 2 glasses of
water left for 15 minutes until the
water left in only 1 glass. Strain
Vitex negundo
2. For Dysentery, colds and pains: oil a "5-leaved chaste tree"
handful of leabed and flowers in
water to produce a glass full of
decoction 3x/day
 Peperomia pellucida
Silver bush or Shiny Bush
Pansit-pansitan
USES:
1. Lowers Uric Acid (Rheumatism and
Gout)

PREPARATION:
1. Wash leaves well.
2. ½ cup leaves are boiled in 2 glassful of
water over low fire. Do not cover pot.
Cool and strain.
3. Divide into 3 parts and drink each part
3x/day

4. Same prep when served as a salad

 USES:
1. Hypertension
2. Toothache
3. Lowers Cholesterol Levels in the blood

PREPARATION:
1. May be fried, roasted, soaked in
vinegar for 30 minutes or blanched in
boiled water for 5 minutes. Allium sativum
2. Take 2 pcs. 3x/day after meals Garlic
CAUTION!!
3. For Toothache: pound a to small piece Take on full stomach to prevent
and apply to affected part stomach and intestinal ulcers
 USES:
1. For washinf wounds (Antiseptic)
2. Toothache
3. For Diarrhea

PREPARATIONS:
1. Warm decoction is used for
gargle
2. Freshly pounded leaves are
used for toothache. Psidium guajava
3. Guava leaves are to be washed Guava
well and chopped
4. Boil for 15 minutes at low fire.
Do not cover pot
5. Cool and strain before use
 USES:
1. For pain
2. Rheumatism, Arthritis
3. Nausea and fainting
4. Insect bites and Pruritus

PREPARATIONS
1. For Pain: boil chopped leaves in 2 glasses for
15 mins.. Cool and strain
2. For Rheumatism, arthritis: crush fresh leaves Clinopodium douglasii
and squeeze sap. Massage sap on painful Peppermint
parts
3. For Nausea: crush leaves and apply at nostrils
4. Insect Bites: crush leaves and apply juice on
affected part