- Family:
- Musaceae
- Common name:
- Banana (Tag.)
- Local name:
- Saging sab-a (Bis.)
- Indication:
- Hypertension
- Plant part used:
- Dried leaves
- Method of Preparation:
- Decoction: Gather enough amount of dried leaves and chop it into small pieces. Boil in 3-5 glasses of water.
- Direction for use:
- Take the blood pressure first. Drink the decoction three (3) times a day before eating or at any time of the day until the blood pressure decreases. . Blood pressure monitoring is encouraged as well.
- Additional information:
- Informant:
- William Ongue Bolongon (healer)
- Place gathered:
- Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay Cangmatnog, Purok Fortune
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- Ando JKE, Herlao IAV
- Abstracted by:
- Ando, JKE
- Date abstracted:
- 15/11/2014
- Province:
- Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan