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Family Gramineae family
Common name: Not provided
Local name: puti
Indication: for fever
Plant part used: root stem
Method of Preparation: Roast the plant materials except the buyon roots. Express juice from plant materials. Scrape buyon roots and mix with juice. Set aside the sapal (strained plant materials).
Direction for use: Take juice by mouth. Apply sapal as poultice on forehead.
Additional information: Add gallbladder (apdo) of sawa if available.
Informant: FGD2, Ladisla FO
Place gathered: Eastern Samar, Canavid, Barangay Balagon, Canavid Watershed
Gathered by / Date gathered: Luceriano RP
Abstracted by: QuitainA
Date abstracted: Mar-14
Province: Samar Island

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