| Acorus calamusL. , A. gramineus Aiton |
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- Family:
- Acoraceae
- Common name:
- Sweet calamus (English), Lubigan (Filipino)
- Local name:
- Kamogna (Tagabawa), Lubigan (Tagalog)
- Indication:
- For sammor or na "ana iring nita", na dili ingon nato (Bisaya), na nuno (Tagalog)
- Plant part used:
- Mature leaves
- Method of Preparation:
- Mastication- Gather 1 piece of leaf then cut it into 7 pieces.
- Direction for use:
- Chew the leaf then spit it on the affected part 7 times.
- Additional information:
- "Sammor" refers to a unique folk disease in Bagobo that is locally translated as "na iring nita" which means "inflicted by supernatural beings", those intities we can not see with our naked eyes inflict humans to experience certain kinds of disease.
- Informant:
- Minda Puro "Nanay Omen"-(mabalian)
- Place gathered:
- Davao del Sur, Sta. Cruz, Barangay Sibulan, Sitio Tudaya
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- 2013-02--07
- Abstracted by:
- Cabero JD
- Date abstracted:
- 05/02/2014
- Province:
- Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo