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Family Lamiaceae
Common name: palis, papalsis, tambalasi, tigau-na-itim, tigaw, tubang-dalag (Tag.); malabar hoary (Engl.); alalui (C. Bis.); alayo-ti-manok (Pang.); anobrang (Ilk.); anuyup (Ibn., Ilk.); tambulbasi (Sul.); tigau (Bis., Bik., Tag.)
Local name: ananayup
Indication: sumpit
Plant part used: bark
Method of Preparation: Obtain a palm sized ananayup bark. Wash it thoroughly. Boil it in 1 cup of water until 1/2 cup of decoction remains.
Direction for use: Drink the decoction twice a day until one is fully recovered.
Additional information: Sumpit is an illness inflicted on a person through a voodoo doll-like method. A ritual practitioner who performs this obtains something from the victim's body (such as hair). This will be placed on the doll. The practitioner will then use a sharp object, like a pin, so the victim will feel pain depending on the part of the doll which the practitioner punctured.
Informant: Boleche RS
Place gathered: Samar, Basey, Barangay Guirang, Basey Watershed
Gathered by / Date gathered: Luceriano RP
Abstracted by: QuitainA
Date abstracted: Mar-14
Province: Samar Island

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