DOH endorses cheaper alternative health care
TO help communities cope with the treatment of common ailments during the rainy season, the Department of Health (DOH) has recommend the use of traditional medicines and alternative complementary medicines that are of quality, safe and effective.
This was underscored by the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC), a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) attached to the DOH tasked to respond to needs of Filipinos on inexpensive health care.
Through its “Traditional Health Program”, DOH has endorsed 10 traditional herbal plants that have been clinically proven to have medicinal value in the relief and treatment of various ailments.
The list includes:
Akapulko (Cassia alata) for tinea infections, insect bites, ringworms, eczema, scabies and itchiness;
Ampalaya (Momordica charantia) – for treatment of diabetes, hemorrhoid, coughs, burns and scalds, and being studied for anti-cancer properties;
Bawang (Allium sativum) – for infection with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and anti-hypertensive properties and to reduce cholesterol level in blood.
Bayabas (Psidium guajava) – as antiseptic for anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, antioxidant hepato-protective, anti-allergy, antimicrobial, anti-plasmodial, anti-cough, anti-diabetic, and anti-genotoxic in folkloric medicine.
Lagundi (Vitex negundo) – for cough, colds and fever and as a relief for asthma and pharyngitis, rheumatism, dyspepsia, boils, and diarrhea.
Niyog-niyogan (Quisqualis indica L.) –also known as “Chinese honey suckle” to eliminate intestinal parasites.
Sambong (Blumea balsamifera) – for kidney stones, wounds and cuts, rheumatism, anti-diarrhea, anti-spasms, colds and coughs and hypertension.
Tsaang Gubat (Ehretia microphylla Lam.) – for skin allergies including eczema, scabies and itchiness wounds in childbirth.
Ulasimang Bato | Pansit-Pansitan (Peperomia pellucida) – for arthritis and gout.
Yerba Buena (Clinopodium douglasii) –for body aches and pain due to rheumatism and gout, also coughs, colds and insect bites. (AMM/PIA-1, Pangasinan)
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