| Zingiber officinale Roscoe |
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- Family:
- Zingiberceae family
- Common name:
- luya (Tag.); common ginger, ginger (Engl.); agat (Pamp., Pang.); baseng (Ilk.); laiya (If.); laya (Ilk., Bon., Ibn., It.); luy-a (Bis.)
- Local name:
- luy-a
- Indication:
- for cramps
- Plant part used:
- rhizome
- Method of Preparation:
- Heat rock salt in a frying pan until it turns yellow. Wash 1/4 kilo of luy-a and crush it. Mix crushed luy-a with 2 tablespoons of cooked salt. Wrap it in a banana leaf. Heat or roast it.
- Direction for use:
- While still hot, apply it on affected area depending on how hot the patient can tolerate it. Do this before resting at night.
- Additional information:
- Not provided
- Informant:
- Boleche RS
- Place gathered:
- Samar, Basey, Barangay Guirang, Basey Watershed
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- Luceriano RP
- Abstracted by:
- QuitainA
- Date abstracted:
- Mar-14
- Province:
- Samar Island