Friends For Nine Lives

MAPEH: Actions for Health p.244

Consider the following ailments. Then respond to the questions that follow.

1.       What are the medicinal plants that are recommended for the following ailments?
a. asthma
b. cough
c. joint pain
d. stomachache
e. cleaning wounds
f. tinea flava/ringworm
g. high cholesterol or blood pressure
h. diabetes

Asthma- Lagundi
Cough- Lagundi
Joint Pain- Yerba Buena
Stomachache- Tsaang Gubat
Cleaning Wounds- Guava
Ringworm- Acapulco
High Blood Pressure- Garlic
Diabetes- Amargoso

2.       How are these medicinal plants prepared and used?

Lagundi-

Preparation:
* Wash leaves thoroughly and chop them.
*Boil leaves in two glasses of water for fifteen minutes.
*Do not cover the earthen pot.
*Cool and strain amount of chopped leaves needed.

How to use:
*Divide decoction into three parts.
*Drink one part in the evening, one in the afternoon, and one in the morning.


Yerba Buena-

Preparation:
*Wash leaves thoroughly and chop them.
*Measure two glasses of water and on glass of chopped leaves.
*Boil in low fire for fifteen minutes in an earthen pot without a cover.

How to use:
*Fresh leave could be pounded.
*Heat them slightly.
*Apply on affected joints at night or any time the pain is felt.


Tsaang Gubat-

Preparation:
*Wash leaves thoroughly and chop them.
*Measure two glasses of water.
*Boil in low fire for fifteen minutes in an earthen pot without a cover.
*Cool and strain.

How to use:
*Divide decoction into two parts.
*Drink one part every four hours.

Guava-

Preparation:
*Wash leaves thoroughly and chop them.
*Boil in low fire with four glasses of water for fifteen minutes in an earthen pot without a cover.
*Cool and strain.

How to use:
*Pour decoction over the wound two times a day.


Acapulco-

Preparation:
*Pound enough amount of fresh leaves.

How to use:
*Apply juices of the leaves over the affected area one to two times a day.

Garlic-

Preparation:
Sauté in a little lard.
*Grill.
*Soak in vinegar for 30 minutes or five minutes.

How to use:
*Eat two cloves three times daily after meal.

Amarogoso-

Preparation:
*Clean the leaves thoroughly and then chop.
*Measure two tablespoons of chopped leaves and two glasses of water.
*Boil in an earthen pot under low fire for fifteen minutes without cover.
*Cool and strain.

How to use:
*Drink 1/3 cup three times daily, 30 minutes before eating.
*The first leaves may be steamed and be eaten (1/2 glass, two times daily.)

3.       What is your opinion for the use of medicinal plants for treating ailments?

I think the use of medicinal plants for treating ailments is highly effective and dependable since plants are indeed the basis what humans use to heal and treat the sick.

MAPEH, Page 231

Actions for Health

Consider the following situation. Respond to the questions that follow.

Situation A: You have a six-year-old sister. You observe that she always has colds and sore throat.

1.       What do you think of your sister’s condition?

She has the common cough and colds. I think it should be treated because if it is prolonged it may cause pneumonia, influenza, laryngitis, bronchitis, asthma, and petussis.

2.       What would you do to help her?

I would let her drink lots and lots of Calamansi juice, have her rest, and also urge her to drink lots of fluids.

3.       What are the reasons for the actions you take?

The actions I take are based on what usually helps when someone has a cold.

Situation B: You have colds. You cough; have a stuffy or running nose, sore throat, and slight fever.

1.       What would you do with your cold?

I would try to treat it immediately by drinking lots of fluids and taking long naps.

2.       How can you prevent spreading your colds to the other members of the family and o your classmates?

I would make sure to keep washing my hands and keep a tissue and a handkerchief nearby especially during that times that I need it.

3.       What can do to relieve your cough, stuffy, or running nose, sore throat, and fever?

I would rink fruit juices as well and refrain from drinking cold water. Having plenty of rest would also help relieve the symptoms fast.

4.       What are the reasons for the action you take?

The main reason for the actions I take is that because I am certain that the procedures I follow would swiftly relieve me of my cold, runny nose, sore, throat, and/or fever.

Situation C: The DOH launched the campaign called Immunization Against Measles or “Ligtas Tigdas.” The target groups are the infants and the school children. The health team goes from house to house to give immunization to the target groups.

1.       What can you say about this campaign?

I think it is a very useful and helpful campaign that has realistic standards, especially regarding the fact that it focuses on school children and infants.

2.       What can you do for this campaign?

I think in order to support it I must inform more people about this campaign so that they will be more aware of the benefits they can get from it.

3.       Give the reasons for the actions you take.

The reasons for these actions revolve around my capabilities and what I think I can do in my own way.

4.       What do you think is your role in the prevention of communicable diseases?

I can prevent the spreading of communicable diseases by practicing proper hygiene and by teaching this practice to young ones as well.

Situation D: Your mother has high blood pressure. She complains of headache and pain at the back at the back of the head, dizziness, and redness of face.

1.       How would you help your mother get relief from high blood pressure?

I would arrange my mom’s diet  and make sure she would a avoid fatty and salty food, alcoholic beverages, and food with too much oil. I would also encourage her to exercise more and I would accompany her to a regular check-up to a physician.

2.       What are the reasons for the actions you take?

I have taken these actions because I know they are suitable to the situation.

Situation E: You have a neighbor who has been complaining of irregular bowel movement, anemia, lump in the breast, tightening of the right breast, and loss of weight.

1.       What would you do to help her?

I would immediately take her to the doctor.

2.       How can you help in the prevention of cancer?

I can help prevent cancer by helping people detect it before it’s at its worse state.

3.       Give reasons for the actions you take.

I took the following actions because I know it’s one of the only ways to actually help people who are detecting cancer in their body.

Situation F: On uncle of yours is complaining of frequent urinating, feeling weak, excessive thirst, loss of weight, and low resistance against infection.

1.       What do you think is his illness?

I think he has diabetes.

2.       What can you do to help him?

I can help him by enforcing a health balance diet with food that are low in carbohydrates yet high in protein.  I would also help and remind him to get a daily urine examination and check-up with the doctor.

3.       What are the reasons for the actions you take?

I took these actions because I think all of these are necessary in order to help my uncle.

Enrichment Activities p.218

Actions for Health

The following are discoveries used in the diagnosis and the treatment of diseases. Answer the questions that follow.

a.       Immunization against measles, polio, TB, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, etc.

b.      X-ray, ultrasound, CT scan, etc., used in diagnosing diseases.

c.       Use of laser, phacoemulsification procedure in removing cataract, and other operations.

d.      Transplanting some parts of the body, like the heart, the kidney, the retina and lens of the eyes, the bone from a donor to another person with a defective organ.

e.      Private as well as government hospitals offering free consultation and treatment of diseases to the people.

1.       What do you think or what can you say about the progress in medicine?

The only thing that I can say about the progress in medicine is that it escalated and developed so quickly to the point that people almost have the answer and solution to every disease or virus that may or may not come in our way.

2.       Would you submit yourself t any of the mentioned procedures in medicine if the need arises?

Yes, absolutely.

3.       What are the reasons for your actions?

I believe in the extent of research the experts had made to carefully plan and establish these procedures and I believe I am in good hands. I would be more than willing to participate in one of these dealings especially when the need arises.

MAPEH: Enrichment Activities p.156

·         Identify the Indonesian instruments similar to those of the Philippines.

·         Give the characteristics of the instruments.

Traditional music of Indonesian tribes often uses percussion instruments, especially gendang (drums) and gongs. This itself is a very similar trait if one would observe the instruments used by the Filipinos before.

One of the few instruments used in Indonesia that is largely similar to bamboo instruments of the Philippines is the angklung. Angklung is a bamboo musical instrument native to Sundanese people of West Java. It is made out of bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved so that they have a distinctive resonant pitch when being vibrated. Each angklung only plays one note.

Another similar instrument both country share is the kolintang or Kulintang. It is a bronze and wooden percussion instrument native to eastern Indonesia and also The Philippines. Kulintang belongs to the larger unit/stratum of “knobbed gong-chime culture” prevalent in Southeast Asia. It is considered one of the region’s three major gong ensembles, alongside the gamelan of western Indonesia and piphat of Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and Laos, which use gongs and not wind or string instruments to carry the melodic part of the ensemble. Like the other two, kulintang music is primarily orchestral with several rhythmic parts orderly stacked one upon another.