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Date Posted: 2006-01-31

1. SILI (PEPPER)
Get ? kilo leaves of the plant and have it pounded fine. Apply the juice to the first or second degree burns.

2. TANLAD
Boil ? kilo of tanlad roots. Drink 3 times a day. This is good for high blood pressure and makes the blood normal.

3. BAWANG
Skin 2 cloves of bawang. Put this in the mouth like candies. Eat it little by little. This is said to be good for the heart. It makes breathing normal.

4. ALAGAW
Boil the leaves of alagaw. Drink it 3 times a day. This is good for asthma.

5. PEPINO
Eating pepino is good for diabetes. It helps the digestive system too.

6. CARROT
Eat carrot to make your eyes clearer.

7. LABANOS
This is good for high blood pressure.

8. MALUNNGAY
This is good for ulcers.

9. ROOTS OF MALUNGGAY
Boil the roots. Drink it. It is good for woman?s menstruation.

10. SINGKAMAS
The flowers of singkamas are good source of vitamin C. It is a cure for edema.

11. KAMOTE LEAVES
Boil kamote leaves. Drink it regularly. It is good for diabetes.

12. BANANA JUICE
This is good for tuberculosis. In the morning for 4 days, drink it like tea, 3 times a day.

There are many other medicinal plants in popular use as home cures. Researchesrs and doctors usually simulate the practices of traditional healers, the herbolarios and hilots, as far as they are able to in order to establish the proper use these plants. Once established, formulations are prepared and the drugs are manufactured either in tables, suspension or ointment formula.