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Family Arecaceae
Common name: Coconut (English), Niyog (Filipino)
Local name: Niyog (Tagalog), Lubi (Bisaya)
Indication: For fever (English), kalintura (Bisaya)
Plant part used: Mature leaves
Method of Preparation: Incense or Scorched leaves-Scorch sufficient amount of leaves.
Direction for use: Instruct the patient to inhale the smoke coming from the scorched leaves; malong(local kind of blanket) can be utilized to saturate the smoke. Do it only once.
Additional information: Not provided
Informant: Tongig Mansimoy-at
Place gathered: Paluga MJD, Ragrario AMM, Millondaga KJI, Cabero JD
Gathered by / Date gathered: 09/05/2013
Abstracted by: Cabero JD
Date abstracted: 10/03/2014
Province: Davao - Talaingod Manobo

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