- Family:
- Leguminosae
- Common name:
- makahia (Pang., Tag.); damohia (Tag.); bashful mimosa, humble plant, sensitive plant, shame plant, tickle-me plant (Engl.); babain, dilgansusu (Ilk.); harupai, kiromkirom (S.L. Bis.); huya-huya (Bis.); sipug-sipug (Sub.); tuyag-huyag (P. Bis.); torog-torog (Bik.)
- Local name:
- kiromkirom
- Indication:
- to induce fertility
- Plant part used:
- root
- Method of Preparation:
- Drink talimughat for 5 days. Do hilot three times. Crush kiromkirom roots and boil this in 2 glasses of water until 1 glass of decoction remains. Set this aside.
- Direction for use:
- Drink 1 glass of kakaw decoction thrice a day for 5 days. After 5 days drink kiromkirom decoction thrice a day for 3 days.
- Additional information:
- Patients taking the decoction should not take crackers and drinks that contain soda.
- Informant:
- Healer 1
- Place gathered:
- Samar, Basey, Barangay Guirang, Basey Watershed
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- Luceriano RP
- Abstracted by:
- QuitainA
- Date abstracted:
- Mar-14
- Province:
- Samar Island