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 TAWA-TAWA PILL MAKER DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT DENGUE
BY: JOCELYN R. UY

A dead-serious, small-time herbal supplement manufacturer has started exploring ways to

make the plant called “tawa-tawa” (Euphorbia hirta) an acceptable cure for dengue in the
absence of science to back claims of its many healing properties.
Shirley Su-Alampay, who came up with the idea of encapsulating powdered tawa-tawa
six years ago, told the Inquirer that her group has been collecting and collating
testimonials and blood test results of dengue patients who took the capsules to build a
case study that will prove the plant’s curative powers.
“We have to gather these records from various patients so we can proceed with Phase 2 of
the clinical study on the efficacy of tawa-tawa plant on dengue fever cases,” said
Alampay, sales head of Opti-Life Innovations.
Tawa-tawa, alternatively known as “gatas-gatas,” has been traditionally used in Asia and Australia
to treat asthma, coughs, diarrhea and dysentery and in Nigeria for eye and ear infections, asthma,
bronchitis and diarrhea, according to a 2012 publication of the National Drug Information Center.

The Department of Health (DOH) has repeatedly indicated the absence of validated scientific
study that would back claims of its effectivity in curing dengue cases.
In 2011, the DOH reported that an initial research by the Department of Science and Technology
showed that the local plant appeared to have “some effects” on rehydration and the agency was
trying to “isolate” the active substance responsible for this.
But it was quick to add that the results were “very preliminary” and it could not make any
official recommendation about the plant’s possible dengue-fighting properties.
She said the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care has yet to make a
position on such health intervention.
Alampay said the members of her group are aware of the DOH’s stand on tawa-tawa, which
is why they are pushing to proceed with the second phase of the product’s clinical trial.
“We started it already with Bulacan … we were able to talk to some (private) doctors who
tried it on their patients and it worked,” she said. “We also asked them to get testimonials
and the platelet count records of these patients.”
The herbal product underwent a clinical trial for safety and toxicity in 2012. Documents
provided to the Inquirer showed that this was conducted by the Research and Biotechnology
Division of the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City for clinical research services
group, Rainiers Contract Research Services Inc.

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IMPORTANCE OF
EFFECTIVE
RESEARCH
•For research to be effective, one must
define the problem, develop a research
plan, collect the information, analyze
the information, and then present the
findings
(Kotler & Keller, 2016).
 •Effective research will influence and
shape the beliefs of others, is accepted by
a community of scholars, and that the
research benefits others or will allude to
(Swanson & Holton, 2005). 
• Organizations of all sizes participate in broad
research to help enhance and extend their
associations. Compelling, cost-proficient
research can be an imperative advance toward
long haul achievement.
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