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Kamachog (Sore eyes)
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- Authors:
- Sinumlag AB, Suyam, R, Palaganas, EC
- Title:
- Phase II Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health for Selected Ethnoliguistic Groups: THE UMA TRIBE of Western Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga Province, Cordillera
- Source:
- Terminal report
- Keywords:
- Causes:
- This illness spread in the months of January to March. It is attributed to the blooming of several flowers including flowering trees.
- Materials:
- Red, itchy, swollen and teary eyes which is difficult to open in the morning.
- Management:
- Agawa-aw, a type of herb that crawls on mossy rocks has tiny heart shaped green leaves. The villagers extract the leaves? juice and apply drops in their infected eyes. After three days, they sore eyes he said will be healed. However, he said that this herb only works for a two or three-day sore eyes. When it exceeds, the herb does not have the capacity to cure it already.
- Additional information:
- Informant:
- Beatrice Magwin Belen, 42 and Belen Salbot, 76
- Address:
- Sitio Ag-agama, Western Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga Province, Cordillera Administrative Region
- Information gathered by:
- Sinumlag, AB
- Date gathered:
- 03/06/2013
- Abstracted by:
- Province:
- Kalinga - UMA tribe