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Common name:
Local name: Bayuko (snail sa gubat)
Indication: Sore eyes
Plant part used: Snail
Method of Preparation: Get a snail and cut the apex part.
Direction for use: Place the apex of the snail's shell parellel to the affected eye, and then instill directly the water from the snail.
Additional information: Snail in the forest with colorful shell.
Informant: Ben Bernabe, Aniw Lubag
Place gathered: Sitio Balugo, Barangay Budburan, Oriental Mindoro
Gathered by / Date gathered: 2012
Abstracted by: Dando LR, Goco RM
Date abstracted: 2013-01-23
Province: Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

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