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It has also been used in many other medicinal roles in Asian and Ayurvedic medicine, although it has not been shown to be effective in non-respiratory medicinal roles. [156] Tilia cordata: Small-leaved linden In the countries of Central, Southern and Western Europe, linden flowers are a traditional herbal remedy made into a herbal tea called ...
In the Philippines, where it is most commonly known as sambong, Blumea balsamifera is used in traditional herbal medicine for the common cold and as a diuretic. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is also used for infected wounds, respiratory infections , and stomach pains in Thai and Chinese folk medicine .
Philippine Herbal Medicine Site; Complete List of Herbal Medicinal Plants in Tagalog and English; List of Philippine Herbal Medicinal Plants; Philippine Invertebrates; The Cave shrimps of the Philippines; Primavera, J.H Philippine Mangroves: Status, Threats and Sustainable Development; Vanishing treasures Retrieved February 1, 2007
An albularyo is a "folk doctor" [3] commonly found in the more rural areas of the Philippines who heals people using herbs and traditional practices such as hilot or massage. Their services are considered either as a first or as a last resort for addressing illnesses. [ 4 ]
Nirgundi Plant with bluish-purple flowers In vitro flowering in Vitex negundo Inflorescence of Vitex negundo in Panchkhal valley in Nepal. Vitex negundo, commonly known as the Chinese chaste tree, [2] five-leaved chaste tree, or horseshoe vitex, or nisinda is a large aromatic shrub with quadrangular, densely whitish, tomentose branchlets.
Senna alata is locally known as akapulko in the Philippines where it is used as both an ornamental and medicinal plant due to its laxative, purgative and anti-fungal properties. [8] In Sri Lanka, known as Ath-thora (ඇත්තෝර), it is used as an ingredient in Sinhala traditional medicine. In Malaysia, it is known as Gelenggang.
Cordyline fruticosa flowers are a traditional treatment for asthma, and their anthocyanin content has been assessed to see if they might be commercial herbal remedy. [44] In the Philippines, the roots were used to flavor the traditional intus sugarcane wines of the Lumad people of Mindanao. [45]
They are native to eastern Asia, from southeast Siberia and Japan to the Philippines and Vietnam. [1] 18 species come from China, from central to western parts. [2] Perhaps the best known in the West is the species E. senticosus used as herbal medicine, [3] and commonly known by such English names as Eleuthero or Siberian ginseng. [3]