- Family:
- Uncollected
- Common name:
- Not provided
- Local name:
- Malabiga (Tagakaulo)
- Indication:
- For gum swelling, hubag ang lagus
- Plant part used:
- Seed, Palhak
- Method of Preparation:
- Poultice- Gather a handful of palhak. Pound it using 3 leaves of gabi plant . Subject it to little fire.
- Direction for use:
- Place the heated gabi leaves with pounded malabiga on the affected area.
- Additional information:
- It is believed that after doing the process, the worm goes out from the affected tooth.
- Informant:
- Lionila Sumandil-Mananamok (Tagakaulo)-traditional birth attendant or midwife
- Place gathered:
- Davao del Sur, Malita, Barangay Pinalpalan, Sitio Biao
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- 20/11/2012
- Abstracted by:
- Cabero JD
- Date abstracted:
- 10/03/2014
- Province:
- Davao - Tagakaolo