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Family Not provided
Common name: abaka
Local name: abaka
Indication: for productive cough
Plant part used: young stalk
Method of Preparation: Get a young stalk of abaka. Roast the stallk and peel off its outer layer. Express juice from the roasted stalk. Heat a small piece of kamangyan using a spoon until it dissolves. Mix it together.
Direction for use: Take this three times a day until phlegm disappears.
Additional information: This should not be taken by pregnant women.
Informant: Llosa DP
Place gathered: Samar, Hinabangan, Barangay Bagacay, Taft Watershed
Gathered by / Date gathered: Luceriano RP
Abstracted by: QuitainA
Date abstracted: Mar-14
Province: Samar Island

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