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CONSUMER ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES

AND
TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ACT OF 1997

R.A 7394
AND
R.A 8423
CONTENT
01 WHAT IS R.A 7394

02 8 BASIC RIGHTS OF A CONSUMER

03 WHAT IS R.A 8423

04 PITAHC - APPROVED ALTERNATIVE MODALITIES

05 DIFFERENT TYPES OF HERBAL MEDICINE

06 END
R.A 7394
CONSUMER ACT
OF THE PHILIPPINES

Aims to protect consumers by promoting


their general welfare and establishing
standards for business and industry
practices.

It includes regulations on product quality,


safety standards, and fair trade practices.
The law empowers consumers to make
informed choices by requiring accurate
product information, labeling, and
advertising.
8 BASIC RIGHTS OF A CONSUMER
BASIC NEEDS SAFETY INFORMATION

Guarantee Right to be Protected


survival, prorected against
adequate food, against the fraudulent/dish
and clothing marketing of onest or
goods misleading
8 BASIC RIGHTS OF A CONSUMER
CHOOSE REPRESENTATION REDRESS

Right to choose Right to Right to be


products at express compensated
competitive consumers for
prices interest in the misrepresentati
making on
8 BASIC RIGHTS OF A CONSUMER
CONSUMER EDUCATION HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

Rigth to Right to live


acquire the and work in an
knowledge and good
skills environment
R.A 8423
TRADITIONAL AND
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ACT

Is a legislative framework that recognizes


the importance of traditional and
alternative medicine in the country's
healthcare system.

Enacted to promote and regulate the


practice of traditional and alternative
healthcare modalities, the law aims to
integrate these practices into the
national health care delivery system.
PITAHC - APPROVED ALTERNATIVE
MODALITIES
HERBAL MEDICINE

• These plants should be taken


with proper dosages and can be
harmful if taken in the wrong way
HERBAL MEDICINE
BLUMEA FIVE LEAFED
SAMBONG KIDNEY LAGUNDI COUGH
CAMPHOR CHASTE TEA

RINGWORM SKIN ULASIMANG HIGH URIC


AKAPULKO PEPEROMIA
BUSH DISEASES BATO ACID
BURMA INTESTINAL HIGH
NIYUG NIYOGAN BAWANG GARLIC
CREEPER WORM CHOLESTEROL

WILD OPEN
TSAANG GUBAT DIARRHEA BAYABAS GUAVA
TEA WOUNDS

BITTER YERBA
AMPALAYA DIABETES MINT BODY PAIN
GOURD BUENA
PITAHC - APPROVED ALTERNATIVE
MODALITIES
VENTOSA CUPPING
MASSAGE THERAPY • These procedure is done by
placing inverted glasses that have
flames from burning cotton in
specific points

REFLEXOLOGY
• Focuses on treating specific
disorders through massaging of the
soles of the feet
PITAHC - APPROVED ALTERNATIVE
MODALITIES
ACUPUNCTURE
• It is form of energy medicine
where long thin needle are inserted
to specific parts of the body

ACUPRESSURE
• Same technique as that
acupuncture, it does not use needle
but hands
PITAHC - APPROVED ALTERNATIVE
MODALITIES
NUTRITION THERAPY

• Appoaches treatment of a
medical condition by providing a
tailored diet for the patient
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