producing ring-like lesions with raised borders.
WATER TREATMENTS USING HERBAL DECOCTIONS:
1. Daily bath with guava leaves decoction
. boil 10 cups of chopped fresh guava leaves in 1/2 gallon os water for 15 minutes.
Add enough cold water to fill up one big pail after straining.
= Bath with this decoction while still hot.
2. TOBACCO leaves decoction shampoo (if head and hair are affected)
. Boil 10 leaves of fresh tobacco leaves in 1/2 gallon of water for
15 minutes.Cool and drain.Add enough water ti fill up a 3 gallon
pail.
= Shampoo hair with the decoction,once a day,until healed.
3. KAMANTIGUI or touch me not balsam compress or poultice
. Crush 5-10 kamantigui flowers.Amount depends upon the size of the infection.
Crush the flowers until the juice is extracted.
= Apply directly over the enfected part as compress for 30 minutes,2times a day.
4. BAWANG or Garlic cloves. Peel and crush one clove and rub it on the affected part until it gets red.
= Apply 2 times a day in the morning after the morning bath,and at bedtime.
5. ADELFA or (Oleander) bark and leaves. Chop a one-foot long branch. Mix with 1 cup chopped fresh young leaves.
Mix the juice with 5 drops of fresh coconut oil.
= Apply on affected parts,3 times a day.
6. AKAPULKO (Ringworm Bush or Shrub) leaves
. Crush 5 leaves.
= Rub the juice on the affected area, 2 times a day.
