HERBAL MEDICATION OF RHEUMATISM OR RHEUMATIC JOINT PAIN

 Rheumatism is a form of arthritis affecting the large joints of the extremities.

WATER TREATMENTS:

     1. Heating compress on the affected joints, every night.

     2. Formentation on the joints,once a day.

     3. Hot compress on the joints,once or twice a day for sever cases.

     4. Rest the extremity if there is severe pain and swelling.

     5. After swelling is gone, patient may do mild non-weight-bearing
        exercises.


HERBAL MEDICATIONS:

   

1. KILAW poultice
        . Chop or crush a rhizome and mix with oil.
        = Apply on the joint as poultice overnight.

   







2. MANGGA bark hot compress
        . Boil a piece of chopped bark.
        = Use the decoction for hot compress.

   






3. MALABULAK leaves young stalks compress
        . Chop leaves and young stalks and put in a cloth bag.
          Add 1/2 tsp, salt
        = Warm the bag and apply as compress.

   







4. LUMBANG BATO leaves compress
        . Heat the leaves.
        = Apply on the joints directly while still hot for 15 minutes,
          2 times a day.

   





5. HERBA BUENA leaves
        . Boil 4 tablespoons of dried leaves in 2 cups of water for
          15 minutes.
        = Dosage:
              Adults: 1/2 glass, every 4 hours.

Treatment of Pimples and Acne

 Acne is a skin condition common in adolescents and young adults.
This is characterized by comedones which often become inflamed and form
papules, pustules, modules and cysts which usualyy occur on the face,
chest and back.


WATER TREATMENTS:
     1. Wash face with warm using mild soap, 3 times a day.

     2. Steam face for 15 minutes after washing, once a day.

     3. Avoid touching face with fingers.Don't prick pimples with fingers.

     4. Drink plenty of fruit juice and fresh water.
 
     5. Get enough sleep, at least 7-8 hours a say.

     6. Eat less of starchy foods,sweets,chocolates and nuts.
        Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.


HERBAL MEDICATIONS:
   

1. RIPE PAPAYA WITH KALAMANSI juice
        . Mix three tablespoons of mashed ripe papaya,with 1 tablespoon kalamansi juice
        = Apply mixture on the face every after washing. Leave it on for 30 minutes
          then wash face with warm water. You may leave it on the face
overnight
          if you can tolerate it.

   

2. SABILA leaves
        . Get one leaf and peel the outer covering
        = Rub the juice on the face every after washing with warm water,
          Leaves it on 30 minutes. You may leave it on the face
          overnight if you can tolerate it.

3. ROMERO leaves
        . Crush 5 leaves and extract the juice.
        = Apply juice on face after washing it with warm water.
          Leave it on overnight.

Treatment For Mumps

 Mumps is an acute communicable viral dissease with a painful enlargement
 of the salivary glands. Frequently invading other tissues like the testes,
pancreas and the menings.


WATER TREATMENTS
     1. Cold compress on the swollen salivary glands for 30 minutes, 3 times a day.
     
     2. Ice pack on the swollen glands for 30 minutes, 3 times a day.
        Apply the ice pack over the glands, just below the ears.
   
     3. Fever sponge bath for fever.

     4. Cold compress on the forehead for headache and fever.

     5. Complete bed rest, especially for male adults. Sterillity is one
        of the complications of mumps in male adults.


HERBAL MEDICATIONS:
   

1. MAKAHIYA leaves
        . Crush leaves and make into paste.
        = Apply directly on the swollen gland after cold compress.
          Apply for 30 minutes, 3 times a day.

   




2. KANTUTAY leaves
        . Pound or chop the leaves.
        = Apply as poultice on the swollen glands for 30 minutes
          3 times a day.

 

3. KAMIAS fruits
        . Chop and mash fruits.
        = Apply as poultice on the swollen glands for 30 minutes,
          3 times a day.

   

4. GISOL rhizomes
        . Chop the rhizomes.
        = Apply directly as poultice on the swollen glands for 30 minutes,
          3 times a day.

   








5. LAGUNDI leaves for fever
        . Boil 4 tablespoons of chopped dried leaves or 6 tablespoons of fresh
          chopped leaves in 2 glasses of water for 15 minutes.
        = Dosage:
          Adults: 1 cup, every 4 hours
          Children: (Babies) 1 tbp, every 4 hours
                     (7-12 yrs.) 1/2 cup, every 4 hours.

How to Treat Measles and/or Skin Rashes

 Measles is an acute viral infection characterized by morbilliform
eruption with catarhal inflammation of the conjunctive and the air passages.


WATER TREATMENTS
     1. Give fever sponge bath for fever three times a day.
     2. Apply a continuous cold compress on the forehead for headache.
     3. For coughs, give formentation to the chest and back, 2 times a day.
     4. A starch bath to relieved itchiness can be given daily to take the
        place of sponge bath.
     5. Protect eyes from bright lights. Make the room dim with curtains on
        the windows and dim lights at night.


HERBAL MEDICATIONS
   


1. LAGUNDI leaves for fever
        Follow instructions in the chapter on fever
 
 







 2. KAMOTENG KAHOY Flour for starch bath
        . Remove peelings and grate the tuber. Etract the juice, add
          water enough for one baby bath tub and boil.
        = Soak the baby in the starchy water for 10-15 minutes but
          don't rub the skin. May apply as powder on the skin.

The Herbal Medications of Indigestion

 Indigestion is the disturbance in the digestive function of the stomach or
its failure to digest food.


SUGGESTIVE MEASURES TO AID DIGeSTION:
     1. Withhold food intake for four hours
     2. Drink one glass of hot water every hour during the four-hour fasting.
     3. Eat a slice of ripe papaya 30 minutes after a heavy meal
     4. Eat light meals without fatty foods after the four-hour fasting


HERBAL MEDICATIONS TO AID DIGESTION:

   


1. PAPAYA, ripe
         Eat as a fruit dessert, especially with heavy meals Papaya
         helps in the digestion of protein.





 2. KAMATSILI leaves
       . Boil 1 cup in 5 glasses of water for 10 minutes. Add 1/2
           teaspoon salt.
         = Dosage:
           Adults: 2 cups initial, and then 1 cup every 4 hours
           Children: 1 cup initial, and then 1/2 cup every 4 hours
           Babies: 1 tbsp. initial and then 1 teaspoon every 4 hours.

   


 3. ANONAS leaves
         . warm the leaves directly in open fire.
         = Apply the leaves directly on the stomach while still warm.
           Use abdominal binder. Renew every 2 hous.Good for children and babies.
         

Treatment for Herpes

Herpes simplex is an acute viral diseas, characterized by group of vesicles or small blisters.
Commonly recurrent, herpas is at times seen in the same place it was seen before.


WATER TREATMENT USING HERBAL DECOCTIONS

     1. Daily bath with soap and warm water.

   


 2. KALATSUTSI juice
       . Extract juice from the leaves.
       = Apply directly on the lesions, 3 times a day.

   

3. ADELFA bark and leaves
       . Mix well 1 cup of chopped leaves and bark with 2 tablespoons of oil.
       = Apply on the lesions, 3 times a day

 




4. AKAPULKO leaves
       . extrct the juice from the leaves.
       = Apply the juice directly on the lesions.

   




5. SINGKAMAS seeds
       . Pound or grind fine 10 seeds and boil in 2 tablespoons of oil for 5 minutes.
       = Apply the oil on the lesions, 3 times a day.

How to Treat Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids are multiple plexure of varicose veins in the lower rectum or anus.

WATER TREATMENT USING HERBAL DECOCTIONS
     1. Hot sitz bath, 2 times a day.

     2. Use any one of these herbal leaves in making decoction for hot sitz bath.

   

 
1. KAMIAS leaves
       . Boil 3 cups of chopped fresh leaves in 2 gallons of water for 10 minutes. Strain.

       = Use this decoction for hot sitz bath.


 



2. PATOLA leaves
        . Wash and chop about 20 leaves and boil in 2 gallons of water for 10 minutes. Strain.
        = Use this decoction for hot sitz bath.






HERBAL MEDICATIONS
   

1. AMPALAYA roots, fruits and seeds
        . Wash and chop the roots, fruits and seeds. Extract the juice and mix with oil.
          Use 1/2 cup chopped roots, fruits and seeds with 2 tablespoons of oil.
        = Wet cotton with the ampalaya-oil mixture and apply on the hemorrhoids after the hot sitz bath.

To Treat the Mosquito Bites

Infected mosquito bites become swollen and painful.

WATER TREATMENT
     1. Rub the infected area with wet soap (any kind of soap).
        Don't rinse with water; let it dry on the skin for 2 hours. If
        itchiness is not relieved, repeat after 4 hours.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES
     1. use mosquito nets at night when sleeping. If possible, put
        screen on all windows and doors of the house.
     2. Keep the surroundings clean and dry. Empty all stagnant water
        containers in and around the house.

HERBAL MEDICATIONS
   

1. KATAKA-TAKA leaves
        . Pound 5-10 leaves and extract the juice
        = Apply the juice directly on the infected bites, 3 times a day.

 





2. ATIS - Unripe fruit and seeds
        . Pound and extract the juice from one unripe fruit.
        = Apply the juice directly on the infected bites, 3 times a day.

Medications for Fever due to Viral Infection

      A fever occurs when there is an elevation of the body temperature.


WATER TREATMENTS
      1. fever sponge bath. Give hot water sponge bath if the patient has
         high fever and his arms and legs are cold. Give cold water sponge
         bath if the skin is dry and hot. Give warm water sponge bath    
         three times a day or more, if needed.
   
      2. Bed rest with continuous cold compress on the forehead
 
      3. Hot fool bath. If the fever is due to head congestion and flu.
         give a hot bath in the morning and in the evening, after supper.

      4. Drink one glass of water or juice every hour during waking hours.


HERBAL MEDICATIONS FOR FEVER DUE TO VIRAL INFECTIONS
   
     
               1. VINEGAR
                . Put 2 tablespoons of vinegar in a basin of cold water
                 = Use this for making vinegar compress on the forehead if ice is
                   not available.

     






                                                     
2. BALIMBING leaves
          . Boil 2 cups of chopped leaves in 1/2 gallon of water for 10 minutes. Strain.
             Cool for 2 hours.
          = Use this in making a cold compress if ice water is not available.

   









            3. KAMIAS leaves
           . Boil 3 cups of chopped fresh leaves in one gallon of water for 15 minutes.
            Strain.
            = Use this decoction for cold or hot sponge bath.






INTERNAL MEDICATIONS
       Use one of the following herbal medications to help lower the fever.
       
   
1. TAGULINAW plant
         . Boil 1 cup of chopped fresh leaves with the whole plant in 2 glasses
           of water for 15 minutes.
         = Dosage:
           Adults: 1 cup, 3 times a day, every after meals
           Children: (Babies) 1 tbsp, every 4 hours
                     ( 2-6 yrs) 1/4 cup, every 4 hours
                                                                           (7-12 yrs) 1/2 cup, every 4 hours

   
2.  OKRA seeds
         . Roast dried seeds and grind or pound fine. Boil 1/2 cup of the ground
           seeds in 2 glasses of water for 15 minutes. Cool and strain.
         = Dosage:
           Adults: 1 cup , 3 TIMES A DAY EVERY AFTER MEALS
           CHILDREN: (Babies) 1 tbsp, 3 times a day, every after meals

                     (7-12 yrs.) 1/2 cup, 3 times a day, every after meals



3. LAGUNDI leaves
          . Boil 4 tablespoons of chopped dried leaves or 6 tablespoons of fresh
            chopped leaves in 2 glasses of water for 15 minutes.
          = Dosage:
            Adults: 1 cup every 4 hours
            Childre4n: (Babies) 1 tbsp, every 4 hours
                       (7-12 yrs.) 1/2 cup, every 4 hours

How to Medicate the Headaches due to Sinusitis

     Sinusitis is the inflammation of any of the paranasal sinuses, as
the frontal, maxillary, or ethmodal sinuses.

WATER TREATMENTS
     1. Steam inhalation, 2 times a day.

     2. Hot foot bath, if headache is due to head congestions.

     3. Hot compress on the sinuses.

     4. Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water or fruit juices during the day.

     5. Avoid eating sweet and oily foods.


HERBAL MEDICATIONS
     

1. MANSANILYA leaves    
        . Crush 5 fresh leaves and drop 2 drops of coconut oil on them.
          Heat the leaves directly over the fire without burning them.

        = While still hot, apply over the forehead for the frontal sinusitis
          and over the cheeks near the nose for the maxillary sinusitis.
          Apply in the evening at bedtime for 30 minutes.

   

2. MAYANA leaves
       . Heat 10 fresh leaves over the fire. Heat only 4 leaves at a time.

       = Apply directly while still hot over the forehead for frontal sinusitis,
         and over the cheeks near the nose for maxillary sinusitis. Replace the cold leaves with the newly heated ones till all 10 leaves are used up.
Do this 2 times a day.

   

3. SAMBONG leaves
       . Crush 5 leaves and heat directly over open fire, one at a time.

       = Apply directly while still hot over the forehead for frontal
         sinusitis and over the cheeks for maxillary sinusitis. Replace
         the cool leaf with a newly heated one till all 5 leaves are used
         up. Do this 2 times a day.

How to First Aid the Fractures

     Fractures are break in the bones. A simple fracture is one where there is
no wound on the skin. A compound fracture is one where a broken bone protrudes
through the skin.


FIRST AID
     1. Don't lift the victim. Let him lie flat on the ground or where you found him.
        Don't massage or use any herbal concoction or poultice on the fracture.
   
     2. Examine the body for bleeding but do not move the extremities. If he is conscious,
        ask him where it hurts.
   
     3. When the fracture is identified, immobilize the body parts. Get two pieces of wood or
        sticks and splint the fractured leg or arm. Cut out the clothes or your shirt to tie the
        splint, If strings are not available. Handkerchiefs may be used, if available to the splint.

     4. The spirit should be placed to limit the movement of the joint.The fractured arm can be tied
        to the body while the fractured leg can be tied to the other leg if splint materials are not
        available.

     5. Transport the victim carefully and right away to the nearest hospital for immediate care.

The Flatulence or Gas Pain Medications

 A flatulence is the presence of excessive gas in the stomach and in the
intestinal tract.

WATER TREATMENTS
     1.formentation on the abdomen, 2 times a day.
     2. Turpentine stupes, 2 times a day.
     3. heating compress on the abdomen overnight,
     4. Rectal tube insertion for severe gas pain, especially for babies.

HERBAL MEDICATIONS
 

1. MANSANILYA leaves
       . Crush or chop leaves and mix with coconut oil.
       = Rub the oil mixture on the abdomen and apply abdominal binder.
         Leave binder on overnight or for at least 4 hours.

   





2. KILAW (yellow ginger)
       . Chop and boil one piece, 2 inches in size, in 2 glasses of water
         for 10 minutes.
       = Dosage:
         Adults: 1 cup, every 4 hours
         Children: (Babies) 1 tbp, every 4 hours
                   ( 2-6 yrs) 1/4 cup, every 4 hours
                   (7-12 yrs) 1/2 cup, every 4 hours

 


 3. HERBA BUENA leaves
       . Boil one tablespoon of dried leaves of 5 chopped fresh leaves
         in one glass of water for 5 minutes.
       Dosage:
       Adults: 1 glass every 4 hours
       Children: (Babies) 1 tbp, every 4 hours
                 (2-6 yrs) 1/2 cup, every 4 hours
                                                                        (7-12 yrs.) 1 cup, every 4 hours

Fainting Spells

Fainting is a feeling of light-headectness and dizziness.

FIRST AID
    1. Lower the head between the knees,if the patient is sitting on a chair.
    2. Or, let him lie flat with the head lower than the feet.
       This is done to draw blood to the head.
    3. Check pulse and respiration to see if breathing and pulse is strong.
       If the breathing is rapid and the pulse is strong, get a paper or plastic
          bag big enough to cover the face. Hold the bag over the nose and mouth and let patient
          breathe in and out slowly in the bag for a few minutes. If he does not recover
          after 15-20 minutes, bring the patient to the nearest hospitalor clinic for
          medical attention.
     4. if the patient is not breathing and his pulse cannot be felt, prepare to give
         cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) . Have someone Call a doctor or get ready to tranport
         the patient to the nearest hospital. If someone is able to do CPR, give while
         the patient is being transport to the hospital. Stop only when the patient is pulse
         becomes palpable and he is already breathing.
     5. Check it the patient is diabetic or not. Ask the family.


HERBAL MEDICATIONS
   


1. ATIS leaves
        . If the patient is breathing and his pulse is strong, crush atis leaves.
        = Let him smell the aroma of the juice. Pulse ot over the nose for him to smell.
          Let him smell untill his dizziness or fainting spell is out.
   
     




2. BAYABAS OR GUAVA leaves
         . Crush Bayabas or Guava leaves
         = Let the patient smell the aroma, instructing him to take deep breaths. Put the crushed
           leaves over the nose for him to smell the essence of the leaves.
   

How to Treat Eczema

    Eczema is acute or chronic, noncontagious, itchy,
inflammatory dissease of the skin. It is charactized by irregular
and varying combinations of edematous papular scaling and thickened
lessons.

WATER TREATMENTS USING HERBAL DECOCTIONS
 

   1. PANDAKAKI-PUTI hot foot bath.
        . Boil 3 cups of chopped leaves in one gallon of water for
          10 minutes. Add 2 gallons of hot water.
        = Use this decoction for hot foot bath.

   


                       

                        2. KULITIS hot compress
                             . Boil 3 cups of chopped fresh leaves in 5 glasses of water
                               for m15 minutes. Soak a small face towel in this decoction.
                          = Usew as a compress directly on the eczema for 30 minutes.

   








 3. TAKIP-KOHOL poultice
        . Chop 10 leaves.
        = Apply as poultice to affected area after the hot compress or
          hot foot bath.
         
   
   




4. CACAO seeds poultice

        . Roast 10 seeds and pound.
        = Apply as poultice to affected area after hot foot bath or hot
          compress.

Treatment for Constipation

Constipation is a condition in which the bowels are evacuated a long intervals or with difficulty.

         
            WATER TREATMENTS:
               1. Drink at least 8 glasses of water duringthe day.
                  Take one or two glasses of water upon waking up in the morning and one glass at bedtime.
               2. Give enema with manual extraction if bowel is impacted.
               3. Have a regular time to sit down on the toilet bowl and relax.
                  Sit down on the toilet bowl when it is time for it or even if you don't feel like it.
               4. Have a regular daily exercise.
               5. Eat plenty of green and leafy vegetables and fresh fruits.


             HERBAL MEDICATION:








1. KANGKONG leaves
  = Eat 2 cups of boiled leaves with meals. This may be a part
                     of menu or diet.








2. MALUNGGAY leaves
    = Eat 1 cup cooked leaves with meals.
             







 3. PAPAYA (ripe fruit)
                   = Eat one big slice every morning for breakfast.
             






           4. KAMPANILYA (yellow bell)
              . Boil 5 leaves in 2 glasses of water for 10 minutes.
              = Dosage:
                  Adults: 1 glass, 2 times a day
                  Children: (2-6 yrs.) 1 tablespoon, 2 times a day
                               (7-12 yrs.) 1 cup, 2 times a day