| Family |
Acoraceae |
| Common name: |
Sweet calamus (English), Lubigan (Filipino) |
| Local name: |
Kamogna (Tagabawa), Lubigan (Tagalog) |
| Indication: |
For headache due to sabar (Bagobo) hampak hangin (Bisaya) |
| Plant part used: |
Mature leaves and roots |
| Method of Preparation: |
Mastication- Gather 1 mature leaf then tear it into 7 parts. |
| Direction for use: |
The leaf is masticated by the healer and then "tugpa" or blown to the affected part three times. Done only once a day until the affliction is gone. |
| Additional information: |
Sabar is a Tagabawa term culturally defined affliction/ disease, it's usually manifested with common symptoms such as head ache, fever, colds but pain in different body areas is the most common patients' complaint. |
| Informant: |
Delia Erano- (tarabawian) |
| Place gathered: |
Davao del Sur, Sta. Cruz, Barangay Sibulan, Sitio Tudaya |
| Gathered by / Date gathered: |
06/02/2013 |
| Abstracted by: |
Cabero JD |
| Date abstracted: |
05/02/2014 |
| Province: |
Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo |
