Stomach Ache Can Be Cured By Herbal Medicine

Following are some remedies:

Manzanilla - Boil the leaves for about ten minutes in water and drink the mixture.

Guava - Pick and wash the tender guava leaves in water for about five minutes. Strain and pour the boiled water in a glass. Let the patient drink the boiled water after it has cooled. The bark also may be boiled for the same purpose.

Jack fruit- Burn enough leaves. Put ashes in a container and mix with coconut oil. Apply this mixture over the abdomen of the patient.

Ginger - Cut two or more pieces of ginger rhizomes. Place in a pot and boil for about fifteen minutes. Strain the boiled water and pour into a glass. Let the patient drink the boiled water after it has cooled. Let the patient drink the boiled water after it has cooled.

Atis - Gather enough leaves. Heat the leaves until they become very soft. Place on the abdomen and cover with a towel.

Symptoms OF Calcium Deficiency

It is necessary for the development of strong bones and sound teeth, normal blood clotting and prevention of rickets; it regulates activity of muscles and nerves.

A person deficient in calcium has the following symptoms:

1. The growth of a person is stunted.
2. There is defective structure of teeth and bones called rickets in infants and children.
3. There is softening of bones in adults.
4. There is tetany in every low blood calcium.

Plants Containing Mineral Food Nutrient Calcium

Dried peas and beans like munggo, soybeans, cadios; leafy vegetables; okra

Second Plant Group- Shrubs or Bushes

Shrubs or bushes are low, woody plants, usually having many stems branching close to the grounded.Many of these plants bear beautiful, brightly colored flowers.These flowers maybe fragrant, odorous or odorless.Rose and sampaguita have fragrant flowers or flat green bodies that resemble leaves.On the under surfaces are root like structures but no true roots.

Mosses show the beginning of roots,stems and leaves.They were the first green plants to stand erect.Algae,liverworts and horn wort's lie flat on the ground,on bark or on the leaves of same other plants.

Vitamin B-1

It is necessary for proper metabolism of sugar and starch to provide energy, for maintenance of good appetite and normal digestion. It maintains a healthy nervous system and mental attitude, and body growth. Stress increases the need for B-1 and all B-6 vitamins. Prevents beri-beri.

Deficiency of B-1 in a person causes the following:

a. Lack of appetite
b. Retarded growth
c. Nervousness
D. Constipation
E. Fatigue
F. Beri-beri in severe deficiency

Plants Containing Vitamin B-1

a. Dried beans as munggo, cadios, patani, cowpeas, red beans,etc.
b. Leafy vegetables such as: malunggay leaves, ampalaya leaves,pepper leaves,saluyot leaves,kamote tops,squash tops,kangkong,alugbate,etc.

Plants as Fuel

Coal oil and gas are the chief fuels used for heating and cooking. All had their origin in green plants that live on the earth long ages ago. Peat which is formed in the same way as coal was developed in an earlier stage.

Wood continues to be used for heating and cooking in many parts of the world, and it is popular for use in open fire places.Charcoal, a wood product is an important fuel in many countries. Our charcoal from ipil-ipil wood is exported to Japan.

Plants that Provide Shelter

In the Philippines most residential houses are made chiefly of wood from lumber of the timber of forest trees. Typical houses built in farms,barrios and even in large towns or some cities,bamboos and nipa shingles are used. There are houses now made which are processed from the trunks of coconut trees. Some materials from plants which are used in making sheds or nuts are cogon grass,palm leaves and even banana leaves.

Calcium

It is necessary for the development of strong bones and sound teeth, normal blood clotting and prevention of rickets; it regulates activity of muscles and nerves.

A person deficient in calcium has the following symptoms:

1. The growth of a person is stunted.

2. There is defective structure of teeth and bones called rickets in infants and children.

3. There is softening of bones in adults.

4. There is tetany in very low blood calcium.

Vitamin A

It is necessary to new cell growth. It helps fight infection. It is essential for the healthy skin, good blood, strong bones and teeth, kidneys,bladder,lungs and membranes.It seems to help delay senility and extended longevity.

Symptomes of Vitamin A Deficiency:

* Deficiency in Vitamin A,could be noted in skin and eyes of a person beside retarding his growth and giving him low resistance to diseases.

* A person deficient in Vitamin A,could be detected through the dryness of his skin,scaly skin,and the pre-mature wrinkling of the skin.

* Deficiency of Vitamin A,affects the eyes of a person in the following ways:

a.Inability to see in dim light

b.Eyes sensitive to bright light

c.Severe blindness deficiency

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)

*It is vital to collagen formation, the connective substances in all cells.

*It fights toxic effects of smoke and pollution.

*It helps in healing in production of red blood cells,preventing hemorrhaging in fighting bacterial infections and regulating cholesterol.

*Its need id increased by physical stress.

The following symptoms characterize deficiency in Vitamin C:

* In case of a baby- the baby refuses to move an d cries when lifted in severe deficiency,blood comes out from the ear, mouth and stomach.

* An adult person shows loss of weight and anemic. A woman develops black patches before and after menstruation and feels general weakness.

Plant Substances for Relief

For Coughs

* Kamias - infusion in the solution formed by pouring 1boiling water in a container were the kamias leaves are placed. The container is then covered and left for ten minutes or more. The solution formed is then strained and used immediately. The solution which is drank like tea may be flavored with sugar or honey.

* Malunggay - Decoction is the solution formed by boiling the leaves of malunggay in water. The solution is strained and cooled before using.

* Mango - Tea made out of mango leaves.

Tobacco (Nicotania tabacum)

Secure several pieces of green tobacco leaves.Pound them.Squeeze to produce the juice.Place juice in a container.Apply the juice on the boil followed by the pounded leaf.Cover with a piece of clean cloth to hold the pounded tobacco leaf.The boil softens and breaks in a few days.

Once you stop using tobacco products, your blood pressure, pulse rate and skin temperature will return to normal within 20 minutes. Within eight hours, high levels of carbon monoxide in your blood will return to normal and, within a few weeks, your circulation will improve, your sense of taste and smell will improve, and you will have fewer colds and more energy.

Smokeless tobacco is not a harmless alternative to smoking. It is just as hazardous to your health as cigarettes. Protect your health; avoid all tobacco products.
The risk of developing lung cancer is 10 times greater for smokers than for non- smokers. Also, breathing second-hand smoke (someone else’s smoke) can be as dangerous as smoking.

Pandakaking Tsina

Root and bark.The juice extracted from the flowers of pandakaking-tsina is mixed with coconut oil and applied on sore eyes.This will relieve sore eyes of the burning sensation.

The juice extracted from the root and the bark of pandakaking-tsina is mixed with lime juice and applied on the eyes affected with certain diseases.

Mangosteen

For stomach ache

Part of Fruit Used: Peelings (Chopped)

Amount of Chopped Peelings Used:

Dried Peelings Fresh Peelings

Adult - 1 table spoonful ---- 1 table spoonful

For children 7-12 years old, use 1/2 of the dose recommended for adults.

Preparation and Procedure:

1. Chop enough mangosteen peelings to fill in recommended amount to use.
2. Put the recommended amount of chopped peelings with a glass of water in a boiler.
3. Boil for 15 minutes, or until the water has been reduced to half its volume ( caused by evaporation).
4. Cool and drain before drinking.

Granada

Decoction of rind if fruit is the solution formed by boiling the rind of granada in water. The solution is trained and cooled before using. The solutionis taken internally for advanced stages of dysentery. Also taken internally as medicine.

The juice of the fresh fruit of granada is drank like a beverage to relieve fever.

Niyog- Niyogan

For Intestinal Worms
Parts of Plant Used:Kernel of fruit

Number of Kernels Needed:
Adult -- 8-10
9-12yrs. -- 6-7
6-8yrs. -- 5-6
4-5yrs. -- 4-5

Preparation:
Get kernels from mature, dried and newly opened fruits.

Direction for Use:
1. Eat the kernels 2 hours after supper. Chew the kernels well then drink water.
2. If not found effective after the first dose, the same dose can be repeated only after a week or more.
3. In fresh seeds will be used, eat only 4 to 5 seeds. This dose is only for adults.This is not recommended for children. Some side effects include hiccups, stomachache, and diarrhea. These can be prevented if dried kernels are used, if the recommended dose is strictly followed and if use is not frequent.

Balimbing

Balimbing ( Averrhoa carambula)the fruit acts agaist dysentery. The balimbing leaves are chrushed and applied as a forehead compress for relief of headache.

Solution formed from the powdered seeds of balimbing is given as remedy for jaundice. Boiling water is poured over the balimbing seeds. The solution or infusion formed is strained and cooled before using. The infusion maybe flavored with sugar and drank as a beverage.

Boiling water is poured over the balimbing seeds. The solution or infusion formed is strained and cooled before using. Use large doses. The powdered seeds of balimbing taken with water relieves or eases pain in asthma.

Mayana ( Coleus Blumei (Benth) Linn.)

The mayana leaves and stems are boiled in water. The solution formed is strained and cooled before using. Droplets of the solution are applied to the eyes affected with a certain disease. The leaves are heated and applied as a compress to the forehead for the cure of headache.

The solution formed by boiling parts of the mayana plant in water is trained and drank as tea for the cure of dyspepsia.

Chili Pepper

Chili pepper is an erect, branched, shrub-like herb which grows to height of about 1 1/2 meters high, more or less.

The pounded pepper fruits are used in promoting a healthy appetite. People who suffer from rheumatism can get some relief from a potion made by soaking one cup of crushed chili pepper ( ripe) in a cup of vinegar. When used as condiment, it rouses the appetite and dispel the gas formed in the alimentary canal.

Chili pepper plant is a propagated by seeds. The seeds are sown either in seed boxes or seedbeds.

Fruits maybe harvested at each stage of maturity:

* Green Mature- when the fruit has reached its full size but still green all over.

* Breaker- when discoloration has started at the blossom end with the appearance of red spots.

* Red-Ripe- when pepper has fully became fully red in color.

Harvesting is done by snapping or twisting the fruits from their stems.

Santol

The common santol tree grown in the Philippines is about 15 meters high. The fruit is rounded and has a very think pericarp. The fruit which is greenish- yellow when ripe contains seeds. The pulp is slighty acidic but a good flavor.

The ripe fruit is used for flavoring certain dishes. The ripe fruit is rich Vitamin C and substantially high in carbohydrates and iron.

The bark is pounded and prepared as poultice on the skin affected with ring worm. The solution formed by boiling the fresh leave in water make good bath in cases of fever.

Santol grows in any type of soil but a loose, friable and well-drained soil with plenty of organic material is preferable. It is propagated by seeds, building, grafting and marcotting.