Philippine Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health

(a) Premna odorataBlanco (b) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (c ) Indigofera suffruticosaMill. (d) Not provided (e) Kaempferia galanga L. (f) Not provided (g) Not provided Print

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Family (a) Lamiaceae mints; menthes (b) Menispermaceae (c ) Fabaceae peas; legumes (d) Not provided (e) Zingiberaceae Ginger Family (f) Not provided (g) Not provided
Common name: (a) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (b) Makabuhay (Filipino) (c) Tayum (Filipino); Anil de pasto (English) (d) Not provided (e) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English) (f) Not provided (g) Not provided
Local name: (a) Adgaw (b) badyawan (c) tagum (d) helba-malepueon (e) kosul bayawas (f) hilba na paningasenga (g) payaw
Indication: gas pain
Plant part used: (a) leaves (b) bark (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) leaves (g) rhizome
Method of Preparation: Pound; mix with beaten egg white. Broiled rhizome and lugaw (as paste). Form into flat rounded cakes at 1and 1/2 in diameter and 3/8 thick. Wrap with payaw leaves.
Direction for use: 3 cakes change every 4 hours. Reduce 1 per change.
Additional information: Not provided
Informant: Rebenito; Alfredo (Aklan; Altavas; Man-op; )
Place gathered: Not provided
Gathered by / Date gathered: Not provided
Abstracted by: Not provided
Date abstracted: Not provided
Province: Aklan

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