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
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.)
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.
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.
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