10 HERBAL MEDICINES

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in

RT 124 – Clinical Education 1

COMMUNITY RESPIRATORY CARE

ROTATION

SUBMITTED TO:
ANNA SOCORRO G. SUYKO RN, MN, RTRP

SUBMITTED BY:
GROUP 2

JULY 2021
 BALBUENA, CHRISTINE MAE B.
Scientific Common Benefits/Uses Preparation Image
Name Name
Bluema Sambong Anti- edema, Boil chopped leaves in
balsamifera diuretic, anti- water for 15 minutes
urolithiasis(kidney until one glassful
stones) remains. Cool and
strain. Divide decoction
into 3 parts. Drink one
part 3 times a day.
Sambong tea

 gather fresh
sambong leaves, cut
in small pieces
 wash with fresh
water
 boil 50 grams of
sambong leaves to a
liter of water
 let it seep for 10
minutes
 remove from heat
 drink while warm 4
glasses a day for
best results.

Sambong poultice

 gather fresh
leaves and roots
 wash with fresh
clean water
 pound in a mortar
 grounded leaves
may be applied or
a juice extract
may be used

Cassia alata Akapulko Antifungal Fresh, matured leaves

pounded. Apply as soap
to the affected part 1-2
times a day.
Quisaualis Niyug- Anti-helminthic, Niyog-niyogan Tea
indica Niyogan Treatment of  Pound or cut
Inflammation of about a
Kidneys, tablespoon of
Anti-Cancer, flowers of niyog-
Remedy for niyogan
Dysuria or painful  Then add in 2
urination cups of boiling
water for 10 to 15
minutes,
 Strain,
 Let it cool and
drink a cup two to
three times a day.
 Make new niyog-
niyogan herbal
tea as needed.
 The fruit of niyug-
niyogan is edible
and can be eaten
raw, roasted or
cooked and may be
included in daily
diet
Carmona Tsaang  Mouth wash Tsaang gubat Tea
cetusa gubat  Anti- Preparation
inflammatory  Pound or cut
 Antibacterial about half cup of
 Anti-allergy Tsaang gubat
leaves
 Then add in 2
cups of water for
 Boil for 10 to 15
minutes, with
open pot cover
 Let it steep and
strain.
 Store in a glass
jar.
 Consume within
the day.
 Herbal tea. Take
one cup three
times a day.
 Herbal wash. To
be applied
 directly as a wash
over the affected
area.
 Herbal gargle.
Can be gargled to
treat canker
sores and for
theething
problems.
Momordica Ampalaya  Lowering  Green fruit and
charantia L. blood sugar young leaves of
and anti- Ampalaya are
diabetes cooked mixed
 Respiratory with meat. To
ailments lessen the
 Hair and bitterness of the
scalp ampalaya fruit,
problems wash or even
 Analgesic boiled in water
 Antioxidant with salt.
 Eye  Poultice.
problems Grounded
 Treat ampalaya leaves,
Hemorrhoid seeds and root
s are prepared as
poultice applied
externally over
the affected area
to alleviate pain
and symptoms of
inflammation. It is
usually mixed
with other herbal
oils such as olive
and coconut oil.
 Ampalaya
herbal tea.
Cut or crush a
cup of Ampalaya
seeds, leaves
and flowers
Steep in 4 cups
of boiling water
for 10 to 15
minutes
Let it cool and
 strain
drink a cup three
times a day.
 Ampalaya or
Bitter Melon
Juice. Ampalaya
Bitter melon
leaves and fruit
(without the
seeds) are
pounded and
juiced to extract
concentrated
juice.
Vitex negundo Lagundi Cough and asthma Lagundi decoction and
Dysentery, colds Tea:
and pain in any  Mix one cup of
part of the body as cut fresh leaves
influenza and flowers to 2
Rheumatism, cups of water.
sprain, contusion Boil for 10
insect bites minutes. Let it
Aromatic bath for steep and strain
sick patients. the solid parts.
Lagundi is believed Tea: take 1/2
to promote good cup, three times a
memory and eye day until
sight, and condition
Lagundi tea is improve.
taken to relieve
anxiety and to
promote relaxation.
Peperomia Ulasimang Anti-hyperurisemia Wash leaves well. One
pellucida bato Lowers uric acid. and a half cup leaves
(Rheumatism and are boiled in two
gout) glassfuls of water over
lower fire. Do not cover
pot. Cool and strain.
Divide into three parts
and drink each part
three times a day after
meals.
May also be eaten as
salad. Wash the leaves
well. Prepare one and a
half cups of leaves.
 Divide into 3 parts and
take as salad three
times a day.

Allium sativum Garlic For hypertension: May be fried, roasted,

Toothache; to soaked in vinegar for 30
lower cholesterol minutes or blanched in
levels in blood. boiled Water for 5
minutes. Take 2 pieces
Garlic is most three times a day after
commonly used for meals.
conditions related
to the heart and
blood system. It For toothache:
may have Pound a small piece and
significant antibiotic apply to affected part.
properties.
Psidium Guava For toothache, Warm decotation is
guajava washing wounds used for gargle. Guava
and diarrhea. leaves are to be washed
The guava fruit is a well and chopped. Boil
source of vitamin for 15 mins at low fire.
C, fiber, and other Do not cover pot. Cool
substances that act and strain.
like antioxidants.
Antioxidants slow
down or stop the
harmful effects of
oxidation

1. Yerba- Mentha Analgesic or anti- For pain in different

Buena cordifelia pyretic, parts of the body, boil
Rheumatism, chopped leaves in 2
arthritis, headache, glasses of water for 15
swollen gums, mins. Cool and strain.
nausea and
fainting, cough and For rheumatism, arthritis
colds and headache, crush
fresh leaves and
squeeze sap. Massage
sap on painful parts with
eucaplyptus.

Sources:

Cuevas, Francis Public Health Nursing in the Philippines. 10th Edition 2007 
 http://www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/prosea/proseaherbal

https://www.slideshare.net/lopao1024/10-doh-approved-herbal-medicine-pm-zabat

http://www.medicalhealthguide.com/articles/lagundi.htm

MALIGRO, SAMANTHA
Scientific Name Common Benefits/Uses Preparation Image
Name

Vitexnegundo Lagundi Cough and

Asthma decoction/boiling

Blumeabalsamife Sambong Anti-urolithiasis decoction/boiling

ra L.

Momordicachara Ampalaya Lowering of

ntia L. blood sugar and Pure extraction/can
anti-diabetes be eaten directly
Cassia alata Acapulco Antifungal extracting/direct
application

Jatropha curcas Tubang bakod Sprain Direct application

Andropogon Tanglad Gaseous decoction/boiling

citrates distention
mouthwash/
aromatic bath

Kalamansi Direct extraction

Citrus Dizziness/faintin
microcarpa g
hysteria/aromatic
bath

Coleus Oregano Gaseous decoction/boiling

amboinicus distention
cough/burns

Zingiber Luya Gaseous decoction/boiling

officinale distention/cough
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Scientific Common Name Uses/Purpose How to Prepare Image
Name

Persea Abukado Diarrhea/wounds *Wash 4-5

americana pieces of
avocado leaves
(depending on
how much you’d
like to consume)

*Allow to boil in a
pot with 1½-2
cups of water for
10 minutes (or
until the water
reduces by half)

*Filter

Arcangelista Abutra Wounds/pruritis Apply decoction

flava of plant on the
affected area.

Premna Alagaw Fever/headache/ Alagaw is

odorata gaseous sometimes also
distension/ used for food.
cough/aromatic Though not very
bath smooth, the raw
leaves can be
used to wrap up
ingredients the
way a tortilla or
fresh lumpia
wrapper is used.

Foeniculum Anis Gaseous Whole plant, oil

odorata distention/dizzin of seed.
ess/fainting/hyst
eria

Ocimum Balanoy Dizziness/faintin • Mature fresh

basilicum g leaves are
hysteria/toothac harvested 2 to 3
he/cough/ months after
arthritis/wounds/ planting. Leaves
antifungal are picked
leaving the
branches on the
plant to allow it
to flower and
produce seeds
for the next
season.

• The leaves are

air-dried until
they crumble
when crushed
with the fingers.
Store in amber
colored bottles in
a cool, dry place.

Cassia Balatong aso Diuretic, For laxative use,

occidentalis laxative, blood the
purifier, recommended
antibacterial, dosage for
and antifungal sennosides in
properties, as adults and
well as for children 12 years
treatment of of age and older
hemorrhoids, is 8.6 to 17.2 mg
gout, orally twice daily;
rheumatism, in children 6 to
diabetes, 11 years, the
whooping cough, recommended
convulsions, sennoside
heart disease, dosage is 8.6 mg
snakebite, orally once daily
asthma, fever, at bedtime. It
and the flu should be noted
that various
forms of senna
are available,
and dosing is not
equivalent
across the
doseforms;
dosing for
sennosides is
not equivalent to
dosing with other
forms of senna
(eg, senna
extract).

Averrhoa Balimbing Antipyretic *Prepare the fruit

carambola by removing the
sharp edges.

*Prick the middle

part of the fruit.

*Soak in lime
solution for 12
hrs.
Wash
thoroughly.

*Mix other
 ingredients and
cook without
stirring until the
fruit becomes
dark brown.

*Soak overnight
in syrup. Drain.
Dry under the
heat of the sun.
Oven can be
used in drying at
70 °C until it
become tough.

Pongamia Boni Gaseous *Biodiesel was

pinnata distention prepared from
the non-edible oil
of Pongamia
pinnata by
transesterificatio
n of the crude oil
with methanol in
the presence of
KOH as catalyst.
A maximum
conversion of
92% (oil to ester)
was achieved
using a 1:10
molar ratio of oil
to methanol at
60 °C.

*Tetrahydrofuran
(THF), when
used as a co-
solvent
increased the
conversion to
95%.

Lagerstroe Banaba Kidney and *Banaba leaves

mia bladder are primarily
speciosa problems consumed as a
tea, but you can
also find them in
powder or
capsule form.

*As for the

dosage, one
study suggested
that taking 32–
48 mg of banaba
leaf extract
capsules —
standardized to
contain 1%
corosolic acid —
for 2 weeks may
reduce blood
sugar levels

Curcuma Barak Gaseous *Zedoary is a

zedoaria distention plant. The
underground
stem (rhizome)
is used to make
medicine.

*Traditional
methods for
preparing
zedoary involve
washing it with
lots of water to
remove most of
the protein and
water-soluble
nutrients. The
rinsing is also
supposed to
remove a poison
that is yet to be
identified.

*Zedoary is
sometimes
applied directly
to the skin to
keep mosquitoes
away.