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Family Acoraceae sweet-flag
Common name: Lubigan (Filipino); Sweetflag; Calamus (English)
Local name: Lubigan
Indication: to make baby inside the mother's womb strong
Plant part used: rhizome
Method of Preparation: Pound. Add hot oil and apply as poultice on conceiving mother's abdoment.
Direction for use: Every night before bedtime.
Additional information: Not provided
Informant: Recto; Magdalena (Lanao del Norte; Kapatan; Botadon; )
Place gathered: Not provided
Gathered by / Date gathered: Not provided
Abstracted by: Not provided
Date abstracted: Not provided
Province: Lanao del Norte

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