Herbal Medicine

Herbal Medicine
The growing popularity of medicine plants has caught the interest of local barangays, municipal/provincial governments, st. dent groups, civic organizations and the like Herbal medicine' gardens began to sprout barangays, school campuses and backyard. Contests also were conducted by civil groups. Even health clinics began prescribing medicines either in prepared formulations dosages from raw plants taken from the community. NSTA and its concerned agencies in itiated training programs in the regions wit a view to promoting the program to loc leaders and medical practitioners. NSTA target is to set up regional production plan for the manufacture of drugs out of these plants so that people in the regions will have easy access to cheap medicines.ANISE - the essence of this plant is used to cure asthma, colic in infants; impotence, migraine, palpitations and insufficiency of milk in lactating mothers. For asthma, three drops on a little amount of sugar, taken three times a day; for colic in infants, one drop per day for each year of the child's age, with a maximum of five drops per day. Don't exceed six consecutive days. For insufficiency of milk, take two drops of Anise essence on a little brown sugar, three times a day.BASIL - better known as a seasoning, Basil essence, is applied on insect bites (1 drop of essence) and snake bites. Three or four drops of essence on a little brown sugar three times a day, calms anxiety. Three drops of Basil essence is also a remedy for gout, mental strain, migraine, scanty menstruation, vertigo and epilepsy.
CARAWAY - the oil of this herb is good for dry pleurisy, rheumatism, loss of appetite, flatulence, lactation, gastric spasm, vertigo, worms and diminished amount of urine.
CAMOMILE - the essential oil is rubbed on gout, rheumatism afflicted parts of the body, boils, dermatitis, eczema, and herpes. Three or four drops of camomile es­sence on a little brown sugar, three times a day, between meals, alleviate anemia. Camomile also cures loss of appetite, conges­tion of the liver or spleen, convulsions, depression, slow intermittent fever, influenza, insomnia, migraine, facila neuralgia, stomach cramps, vertigo (3 drops of essence on brown sugar when the attack occurs), and teething troubles in children. CINNAMON - the essence of cinnamon is distilled from the leaves and bark of. the cinnamon tree and is used for coughs and irrita­tions of the respiratory organs, snake bites, spasmodic colic, diarrhea and flatulence. CLOVES - the essence of cloves, mixed with a 10 per cent alcohol solution, is rubbed on Lupus afflicted parts of the anatomy. It is used to cure scabies, sore throat, sinusitis, vertigo and wounds. It is also a remedy for asthma, diarrhea, dropsy, dyspepsia, flatulence, gout, measles, loss of memory, dental neuralgia, worms and diseases of the lungs such as bronchitis and pleurisy.
CORIANDER - the essence off coriander is a remedy for joint and rheumatic pains (mix warm olive oil, and 10 per cent coriander essence and rub on afflicted area), loss of appetite ( 1 drop of essence on brown sugar and taken half an hour before each meal), slow digestion (2 drops of essence on brown sugar after each meal), and flatulence.
EUCALYPTUS - oil from the leaves is used on burns and injuries, colds, sinusitis, rheumatism, asthma, bronchitis, diabetes, influenza, laryngitis, measles, and scarlet fever.
GARLIC - is a remedy for arteriosclerosis, asthma, hypertension, rheumatism and worms.
GINGER - the essence is extracted from the roots and applied externally for rheumatic pains, and as a gargle for sore throat. Internally, it is for loss of appetite, diarrhea, intestinal disorders, slow digestion and flatulence.
LAUREL - the essence of bay laurel is a remedy for rheumatism (mix with olive oil 10% of essential oil of laurel and rub on af­flicted area) and for slow digestion (3 drops on a little, brown sugar after each meal).
LEMON - the essence of lemon' is ap­plied on insect bites and stings (1 drop of es­sence), herpes (dab with cotton wool soaked in water with 2% lemon essence), brittle nails (soak nails for 15 minutes in warm olive oil with 10% essence of lemon), sore throat (gargle with lukewarm boiled water and 2% essence of lemon), warts, wounds (bathe with boiled water and 2% of lemon essence). Lemon essence is also good for preventing facial wrinkles (four drops of essence do brown sugar after every meal forestalls ageing). It is a remedy for anemia (5 drops of essence on brown sugar half an hour before meals), loss of appetite, arteriosclerosis (5 drops on brown sugar 3 or 4 times a day), by per viscosity of the blood, loss of calcium, fragile capillaries, dysentery, hypertension (3 drops of lemon essence on brown sugar after every meal), and infectious diseases. Other diseases cured by lemon essence include in­fluenza, jaundice, liver complaints (3 drops, of essence on brown sugar after every meal), 'lung problems such as bronchitis, asthma, pleurisy, malaria (5 drops of essence on brown sugar four times a day), and rheumatism (3 drops on a lump of brown sugar after every meal.ONION - the essence of onion is used externally for abscesses (bathe with the water in which an onion has been cooked), and boils and stings (dab with onion alcohol preparation). Raw onion is a remedy for the following: ageing, arteriosclerosis, asthma, bronchitis, colds, diabetes, diarrhea, flatulence, glandular imbalance, impotence obesity, and mental and physical 'strain.
PEPPERMINT - the essence of peppermint is a remedy for asthma, migraine, bronchitis, and is used as mouthwash. Used also for colic (4 drops of essence on brown sugar three times a day), flatulence, food poisoning, indigestion, liver ailments, migraine, palpitations, paralysis, and worm.
ROSEMARY - used for asthma, chronic bronchitis, colic (5 drops on a bit of brown sugar after meals; rub abdomen with 60% alcohol and 3% essence of rosemary), .general debility (4 drops on brown sugar before each meal), diarrhea, slow digestion, dizzy spells, dysmenorrhea, fainting spells, flatulence, heart trouble 'of nervous origin, liver ailments, migraine and rheumatism.TURMERIC (Yellow Ginger) - the essence of turmeric eases pain in the bones (rub with lukewarm sweet almond oil and 5% of oil of turmeric), anorexia (two drops of es­sence on a little brown sugar taken half an hour before meal), slow digestion and sluggish liver (2 drops of essence after a meal). The essential oil of turmeric must be used in moderation and with care for a fairly limited period.