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Common name: Egg white
Local name: Itlog puti sa manok
Indication: For difficulty in breathing (asthma), hubak (mag-ot yaaba)
Plant part used: White portion of the egg
Method of Preparation: Subject to fire the obtained egg white.
Direction for use: Mix it with "lana" the let the patient inhale the smoke coming from the burnt egg white.
Additional information: Not provided
Informant: Clarita Inantay-a traditional general practitioner in Tagakaolo and at the same time she is also a Mananamok (Tagakaulo)-traditional birth attendant or midwife.
Place gathered: Davao del Sur, Malita, Barangay Pinalpalan, Sitio Lunao
Gathered by / Date gathered: 12/11/2012
Abstracted by: Cabero JD
Date abstracted: 10/03/2014
Province: Davao - Tagakaolo

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