Philippine Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health

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Family (a) Amaryllidaceae (b) Acoraceae sweet-flag (c ) Solanaceae nightshades; solanaces (d) Rubiaceae madders; rubiaces
Common name: (a) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) (b) Lubigan (Filipino); Sweetflag; Calamus (English) (c) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (d) Donia Aurora (Filipino)
Local name: (a) Bawang (b) eabigan (c) tabako (d) Agboe
Indication: headache
Plant part used: (a) clove (b) rhizome (c) ashes (d) bark
Method of Preparation: Scrape the bark put in boiling water. Chew lubigan then add ash and roasted garlic and mix. Rub at the whole body the extract made. Poultice at forehead
Direction for use: As needed or 3x a day.
Additional information: Not provided
Informant: Not provided
Place gathered: Not provided
Gathered by / Date gathered: Not provided
Abstracted by: Not provided
Date abstracted: Not provided
Province: Aklan

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