APPENDIX A.

Common medicines sold by the Ati along Magallanes Street,

Cebu City

English Names Local Names Place of origin Used for

Alum Tawas Cebu, Bohol Swollen tongue; armpit odor

Negros, Cebu, Human and porcine skin
Sulphur Sulfur Dumaguete diseases hogs
For good luck in homes and
Abal one shell Kapinan Bantayan
businesses
For protection from
Bri slit
Bracelet malicious spirits or sorcery
To avoid bad luck; hasten
Dumaguete
Bato bali song growth of children’s teeth;
White coral Bohol
protecti on from sorcery
Dumaguete
Ambubukag To cure cough, asthma
Cebu
To hasten a woman’s
A v ine Bakus sa unggoy Nagpana
delivery
Resin Salung Nagpana To recover from Relapses
Kinilkig Nagpana To cure stomach ache
To cure sterility; for stomach
Hand-shaped twig Pangamay Nagpana
ache
Sibukaw Naga To cough and flu
Dahon-dahon/
Naga For fever
Kugang-kugang
Lamon-lamon Nagpana For hypertensi on
Himughat Nagpana For stress, fatigue
Abi-ab Nagpana For gall bladder problems
Bitter leaf Marabi los Naga Anti-Diabetes medicine
Kuyug-kuyug,
Combination of For safety from from
Kamangyan and
leaves and resin accidents
Salug sang sayaw
Cruz For protection from sorcery
Amigos Naga For protection from sorcery
Imag Naga For allergies, itches
Incense Insenso Cebu To get r id of bad luck
Bullet Bala Cebu For protection from sorcery
Panguom bato Negros
Resin Kamangyan Cebu Chinese To get r id of bad luck
A v ine Banawug Dumaguete For protection from sorcery
For diabetes and
Mahogany Mahogany Negros
hypertension
Duguan Nagpana For anemia
Al unguo For stress, fatigue

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 Dugosay man-ot Cebu For relapses
Obareyna Cebu For postpartum women
Kinamot Cebu Body cold
Thi rt een types of
Treses clases Cebu To help in pregnancy
tree bark
Cure for those pricked by a
Kusol Nagpana
pointed object
For nausea due to poisoning
Copper sulfate Tawas – tapol Cebu Chinese
)
Panagang sa usog (for
Habak sa bata
protecti on from usog)
Panagang sa hilo (pr otection
from poison; could also be
Tagahumok
used as a charm; Note: from
humok, literally, “to soften”)
Panagang sa barang
Bato bali song
(protection from sorcery)
Panagang sa buyag
Carmen
(protection agai nst buyag)
Pang-kontra sa mga daot sa
Falling st ar lawas (protection from
il lnesses)
Panagang sa hilo ug buyag
Bala (protection agai nst buyag
and poisoning)
Panagang sa dautan na
Insenso espiritu (protection from
malev olent spirits)
Panagang sa dautan na
Kamangyan espiritu (protecti on from
malev olent spirits)
Panagang sa buyag
Bracelet for babies Pulseras sa bata
(protection agai nst buyag)
Panagang sa buyag
Bracelet for adults Pulseras (protection agai nst buyag;
also cures toothache)
Protection from usog and
Seahorse Seahorse nausea and stomach
problems
Panagang sa dautan na
Salindugok espiritu (protection from
malev olent spirits)
Pang-sumpa sa hilo (poison
Tawas-tapol
anti dote)
Panagang sa dautan na
Bana-o espiritu (protection from
malev olent spirits)

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 Panagang sa dautan na
espiritu Panagang sa tanang
Krus nga panagang malas (For protection from
malev olent spirit; protecti on
from bad luck)
Panagang sa barang, daut,
malas; (protecti on from
Panagang sa tanan
barang, ill-healt h, and bad
luck)

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