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Alambrillong -gubat herbal medicine

 

ALAMBRILLONG-GUBAT

 

ADIANTUM CAUDATUM Linn.

 

Local names: Alambrillong-gubat (Tag.).

 

Alambrillong-gubat is widely distributed in the Philippines, being especially common in thickets. It is also reported from Tropical Africa and from Asia to Polynesia.

 

The stipes are tufted, erect or spreading, more or less covered with brown hairs, 5 to 20 centimeters long. The fronds are linear in outline, simply pinnate, 15 to 30 centimeters long; the leaflets, 1 to 2 centimeters long; the upper margin is rounded, and more or less cut. The ranchis and both surfaces of the frond are villose, rooting at the apex; the sori are roundish on the edges of the lobes.

 

According to Kirtikar and Basu the leaves are used in the preparation of “sirop-de-capillaire.” In Bourbon it is also used to cure coughs and fevers. Externally it is a remedy for skin diseases and internally it is said to be useful in diabetes.

Source:BPI

Alambrillo herbal medicine

ALAMBRILLO

 

ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS Linn.

 

Local names: Alambrillo (Sp., Tag.); culantrillo de pozo, culantrillo de alambre (Sp., Tag.).

Alambrillo is found in the Philippines in Bataan Island and Luzon (Nueva Vizcaya, Bontoc, Benguet, and Laguna Provinces).

 

The stipes are suberect and rather slender, 10 to 20 centimeters long, polished and blackish. The fronds are bipinnate, with a short terminal pinna and numerous erect lateral ones on each side; the segments (pinnae) are 1 to 2.5 centimeters broad, the base being cuneate and the outer edge rounded. The sori are roundish, situated in the roundish sinuses of the crenations.

 

The leaves are official in the French (1-4); Austrian (1,5-7); Belgian (1-3); Croatico-Slavonica (1); Danish (1,3); Spanish (1-7); German (1-3); Hungarian (1,2); Portuguese (2,3); Rumanian (1-3); Russian (1,2); Serbian (1); Swedish (1); Swiss (1-4) Pharmacopoeias.

In the Philippines the fronds are used in the treatment of chest diseases. They are also used as an emmenagogue. Hooper says that in Iraq and Iran the rhizomes are credited with expectorant properties and are given to relieve difficult respiration and spasms in whooping cough. In Mexico, Martinez reports its use as an aperitive, and diuretic, and as an emmenagogue. Rolet and Bouret say that it is astringent. A syrup of the rhizome is used as an expectorant.

 

Kirtikar and Basu state that in the Punjab the leaves, along with pepper, are administered as a febrifuge, and that in South India, when prepared with honey, they are used in catarrhal affections. These two authorities quote Rose (Useful Plants of Mexico) in saying that in Colomas this plant is used as a tea to relieve colic. In Indo-China, Crevost and Petelot report that it is used as an emollient and as an expectorant.

 

Source: BPI

Makabuhay herbal medicine

MAKABUHAY

SCIENTIFIC NAMES

Tinospora crispa (L.) Miers.ex Hooks. f. & Thorms. (Fam.Menispermaceae).-

T. cordifolia F.-Vill.

 T. rumphii Boerl.

T. crispa F.-Vill.

Coculus cordifolius Walp.

T. reticulata Miers.

 Menispermum crispum L.

M. rimosum Blanco

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