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- Family:
- 1 Urticaceae 2 Family indet. 3 Family indet. 4 Family indet.
- Common name:
- 1 Toothscrubbber (English), Alagasi (Filipino) 2 Not provided 3 Not provided 4 Not provided
- Local name:
- 1 Bilbugay (Tagakaolo) 2 Lawaan (Tagakaolo) 3 Tugas (Tagakaolo) 4 Lumbiya (Tagakaolo)
- Indication:
- To increase mother's milk production for the baby to gain weight, pampatambok sa bata
- Plant part used:
- Root and Shoot
- Method of Preparation:
- Decoction-Get a handful of roots of Bilbugay, Lawaan, Tugas, and shoot of Lumbiya. Boil first the roots using the water used in washing the rice (pinaghugasan ng bigas) then when it turns to boil mix the shoot of Lumbiya.
- Direction for use:
- Let the mother drink the decoction to express it into breast milk.
- Additional information:
- Not provided
- Informant:
- Divina Salipad Monan-Mamolongay-a traditional general practitioner in Tagakaolo
- Place gathered:
- Davao del Sur, Malita, Barangay Kilalag, Sitio Kitulali
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- 02/03/2013
- Abstracted by:
- Cabero JD
- Date abstracted:
- 10/03/2014
- Province:
- Davao - Tagakaolo