Phase II Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health for Selected Ethnoliguistic Groups: THE UMA TRIBE of Western Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga Province, Cordillera
Source:
Terminal report
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Causes:
This is one of the common ailments of the children due to being playful. Most of them suffer cuts after playing far from the village where sharped edged grasses are found.
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Management:
The fist aid that everybody in the village know is the pounding the leaves of Bokbokkasan and rub it in the surface of the cut. It is proven to stop bleeding. It also hastens the closing of the cut skin.
Additional information:
Informant:
Samuel Sangdaan, 34
Address:
Sitio Ag-agama, Western Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga Province, Cordillera Administrative Region