10 HERBAL MEDICINES

APPROVED BY DOH
prepared by:
laniog, mariella
cabanes, cristine
nebrija, arianne
• As part of primary health care and because of the increasing cost of
drugs, the use of locally available medicinal plants and herbs in the
Philippine backyard and field have been found to be effective in the
treatment of common ailments as attested to by the National Science
Development Board, other government and private agencies/ persons
engaged in research.

• The DOH is advocating the use of the following ten herbal plants.
 REPUBLIC ACT 8423

• Otherwise known as TAMA

TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ACT 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.
 10 HERBAL MEDICINES APPROVED BY THE
DOH HERBAL MEDICINE

1. Sambong 6. Lagundi
2. Akapulko 7. Ulasimang Bato
3. Niyog-niyogan 8. Bawang
4. Tsaang Gubat 9.Bayabas
5. Ampalaya 10. Yerba Buena
 Reminders on the Use of Herbal Medicine
• Avoid the use of insecticides 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 the part of the plant being advocated. o Follow
accurate dose of suggested preparation.
• Use only one kind of herbal plant for each type of symptoms or
sickness.
• Use only half the dosage prescribed for fresh parts like leaves
when using dried parts.
 • Decoctions loose potency after some time. Dispose of
decoctions after one day. To keep fresh during the day, keep
lukewarm in a flask or thermos.

Leaves, fruits, flowers or nuts must be mature before

harvesting. Less medicinal substances are found on young
parts.
• Stop giving the herbal medication in case untoward
reaction such as allergy occurs. • If signs and symptoms are
not relieved after 2 or 3 doses of herbal medication, consult a
doctor.
 SAMBONG
• A plant that reaches 1 1/2 to 3 meters in height with rough hairy
leaves.
• Young plants around mother plant may be separated when they have
three or more leaves.
Scientific Name: Blumea balsamifera
USES:
• Anti-edema
• Diuretic
• Anti-urolithiasis
PREPARATION:
-Boil chopped leaves in water for 15 minutes until one glassful remains.
Cool and strain.
• Divide decoction into 3 parts. Drink one part 3 times a day.
NOTE: Sambong is not a medicine for kidney infection
 AKAPULKO
• Ringworm Bush
• Bayas-bayasan
• This plant is about 1 to 2 meters tall
• The leaves are embraced with 8 to 20 oblong- elliptical shaped
leaflets
• It has flowers with oblong sepals
Scientific Name: Cassia alata
USES:
• Anti-fungal: Tinea Flava, Ringworm, Athlete 's Foot and Scabies
PREPARATION:
Fresh, matured leaves are pounded.
• Apply as a soap to the affected part 1 to 2 times a day.
 NIYUG-NIYUGAN
• Chinese Honey Suckle
• A vine which bears tiny fruits and grows wild in backyards.
• The seeds must come from mature, dried but newly opened fruits.
• Propagated through stem cuttings about 20cm in height.
Scientific Name: Quisqualis indica L.
USES:
• Anti-helmintic (used to expel parasitic worms.)
PREPARATION:
o Seeds of niyug-niyogan are eaten raw two hours before the patient's
last meal of the day.
• Adults may take 10 seeds; children 4 to 7 years of age may eat up to
four seeds only; ages 8 to 9 may take six seeds and seven seeds may be
eaten by children 10 to 12 years old.
• Not to be given to children below four years old.
 TSAANG GUBAT
• Forest Tea or Wild Tea
• A shrub with small, shiny nice-looking leaves that grows in wild
uncultivated areas and forests.
Scientific Name: Carmona retusa
USES:
• Diarrhea
Stomach ache
PREPARATION:
• Boil the following amount of chopped leaves in 2 glasses of water for
15 minutes or until amount of water goes down to 1 glass. Cool and
strain.
• Wash leaves and chop. Boil chopped leaves in 1 glass of water for 15
minutes. Cool and filter/strain and drink.
 AMPALAYA
• Bitter Gourd or Bitter melon
A climbing vine with tendrils that grow up to 20 cms long.
• Leaves are heart- shaped, which are 5 to 10 cms in diameter
• Fruits have ribbed and wrinkled surface that are fleshy green with
pointed ends at length and has a bitter taste.
Scientific Name: Momordica charantia
USES:
o Lowers blood sugar levels
• Diabetes Mellitus (Mild-non insulin dependent)
PREPARATION:
a Gather and wash young leaves very well. Chop. Boil 6 tablespoons in
two glassfuls of water for 15 minutes under low fire. Do not cover pot.
Cool and strain. Take one third cup 3 times a day after meals.
 LAGUNDI
5 Leaved-Chaste Tree
A shrub growing wild in vacant lots and waste land.
Matured planted. branches are
The flowers are blue and bell- shaped.
The small fruits turn black when ripe. It is better to collect the leaves when are in bloom.
Scientific Name: Vitex negundo
USES:
• Asthma and cough
• Fever, Dysentery, Colds & Pain
Skin diseases and wounds
Headache
• Rheumatism, sprain, contu sions, insect bites.
• Aromatic patients bath for sick
PREPARATION:
• For Asthma, cough and fever, boil chopped raw fruits or leaves in 2 glasses of water left for 15 minutes until
the water left in only 1 glass (decoction). Strain.
o For Dysentery, colds and pain, boil a handful of leaves and flowers in water to produce a glass full of
decoction 3 time a day.
For skin diseases (dermatitis, scabies, ulcer, ecze ma) and wounds, prepare a decoction of the leaves. Wash
and clean the skin/wound with the decoction.
For headache, crushed leaves may be forehead. applied on the forehead
For rheumatism, sprain, contusions and insect bites, pound the leaves and apply on affected part.
 ULASIMANG BATO
• SILVER BUSH OR SHINY BUSH
• PANSIT-PANSITAN
• A WEED WITH HEART- SHAPED LEAVES THAT GROW IN SHADY PARTS OF THE
GARDEN AND YARD.
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PEPEROMIA PELLUCIDA
USES:
• LOWERS URIC ACID (RHEUMATISM AND GOUT)
PREPARATION:
• WASH THE LEAVES WELL. ONE AND A HALF CUP LEAVES ARE BOILED IN TWO
GLASSFULS OF WATER OVER LOW FIRE. DO NOT COVER POT. COOL AND STRAIN.
DIVIDE INTO THREE PARTS AND DRINK EACH PART 3 TIMES A DAY A DAY.
PREPARATION:
MAY ALSO BE EATEN AS SALAD. WASH THE LEAVES WELL. PREPARE ONE AND A
HALF CUPS OF LEAVES (NOT CLOSELY PACKED). DIVIDE INTO THREE PARTS AND
TAKE AS SALAD 3 TIMES A DAY.
 BAWANG
• Garlic
• A low herb and grows
up to sixty cms high
o Leaves are flat and linear
Bulbs consist of several tubers
Scientific Name: Allium sativum
USES:
o For hypertension
• Toothache
o Lowers cholesterol levels in the blood
PREPARATION:
• May be fried, roastea, soaked in vinegar for 30 minutes, or blanched in boiled
water for 5 minutes. Take two pieces three times a day after meals.
For toothache, pound a small piece and apply to affected part.
CAUTION: Take on full stomach to prevent stomach and intestinal ulcers.
 BAYABAS
• A TREE ABOUT 4 TO 5 METERS HIGH WITH TINY WHITE FLOWERS WITH ROUND
OR OVAL FRUITS THAT ARE EATEN RAW.

SCIENTIFIC NAME: PSIDIUM GUAJAVA

USES:
• FOR WASHING WOUNDS
• FOR TOOTHACHE
• FOR DIARRHEA PREPARATION: WARM DECOCTION IS USED FOR GARGLE.
• FRESHLY POUNDED LEAVES ARE USED FOR TOOTHACHE.
GUAVA LEAVES ARE TO BE WASHED WELL AND CHOPPED.
BOIL FOR 15 MINUTES AT LOW FIRE. DO NOT COVER POT. COOL AND STRAIN
BEFORE USE.
 YERBA BUENA
• PEPPERMINT
PREPARATION:
A SMALL MULTI- BRANCHING AROMATIC HERB. THE LEAVES ARE SMALL, ELLIPTICAL AND WITH TOOTHED
MARGIN.
• For pain in diff. parts of the body. boil chopped leaves in 2 glasses of water for 15
minutes. Cool and strain o For theumatisen, arthritis and headache, crush the fresh
• THE STEM CREEPS TO THE GROUND, AND DEVELOP ROOTS. leaves and squeeze sap. Massage sap on painful parts with eucalyptus.
SCIENTIFIC NAME: MENTHA CORDIFELIA • For cough and cold, get about 10 fresh leaves and soak in a glass of hot water. Drink
YOU SENT as tea. Acts as an expectorant.
USES: • For toothache, cut fresh plant and squeeze sap. Soak a plece of cotton in the sap and
• FOR PAIN IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY AS HEAD ACHE, STORNACH ACHE insert this in aching tooth cavity. Mouth should be rinsed by gargling salt solution
before inserting the cotton.
• RHEUMATISM, ARTHRITIS AND HEADACHE
To prepare sait solution: add 5g of table satt to one glass of water.
• COUGH AND COLD For Menstrual pain and gas pain, soak a handful of leaves in a glass of boiling
water. Drink infusion. It induces menstrual flow and sweating.
• SWOLLEN GURNS & TOOTHACHE
For nausea and fainting, crush leaves and apply at nostrils of patient.
• MENSTRUAL AND GAS PAIN • For insect bites, crush leaves and apply juice on affectedby part or pound leaves until
paste-like and rub this on the affected part
• NAUSEA AND FAINTING
INSECT BITES & PRURITUS
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