| Family |
Araceae |
| Common name: |
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| Local name: |
Badjang tapol or Vegang tapol (Bis.) |
| Indication: |
Relieve from itchiness due to skin allergy |
| Plant part used: |
Leaves |
| Method of Preparation: |
Get 3 matured leaves. Burn the leaves until these are turn to ashes. Prepare the coconut shell with cinder, oil, "kandelarya" (candle blessed by the priest), Holy Water from the Church, pot, and Latin prayers. |
| Direction for use: |
"Ito-ob" - (Burn the coconut shell until it becomes cinders. Get the cinders and put in a pot. Put a little amount of ashes, Holy Water from the Church in the pot. Place the pot under a chair. Let the person sit on the chair and cover him/her with a blanket so that the smoke from the pot is confined inside the blanket. Apply a lilttle oil on the affected area otherwise, do not put any oil at all. |
| Additional information: |
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| Informant: |
Bienvinido G. Ponce (healer) |
| Place gathered: |
Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay San Antonio, Purok Gumamela |
| Gathered by / Date gathered: |
Ando JKE, Herlao IAV |
| Abstracted by: |
Ando, JKE |
| Date abstracted: |
28/03/2015 |
| Province: |
Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan |
