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Common name: Pengipang (local name), for toothache and bleeding cuts and wounds
Local name: Pengipang (Uma Tribe, Kalinga)
Indication: Wounds, cuts, and bruises from sharp edged grasses, from sharp metal objects. Toothache
Plant part used: Leaves and roots
Method of Preparation: For stopping of the bleeding: Pound the enough leaves For stopping of tooth ache: Uproot one pengipang and cut the middle root that grows vertical to the ground. This plant has only one root in the middle which is usually the biggest root. Pound the root.
Direction for use: For stopping the bleeding: extract the juice and rubbed it in the injured part of the body. For Toothache: Use as poultice on the teeth aching. The juice should seep until the gums.
Additional information: This is a vegetative plant that is endemic in the village. It grows at any time of the year. A fully grown pengipang can reach a height of 1ft.
Informant: Benito Sugao and Viernes Bomossao
Place gathered: Sitio Ag-agama, Western Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga Provinc, Cordillera Administrative Region
Gathered by / Date gathered: 2013-06-04
Abstracted by: Sinumlag, AB
Date abstracted: 2012
Province: Cordillera - UMA tribe

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