October 2007
Monthly Archive
A banana a day keeps the doctor away « Regarding Henry
Posted by admin on 31 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Others, Philippine Medicinal Plants
After all, most of the parts of the fruit – and even the leaves – have been found to have medicinal properties. The Philippines is the only Asian country to be included in the list of the top four leading banana exporting nations, according to the UN Food and Agriculture … Big Mike, the prominent banana variety in the 1950s in the western hemisphere, does no longer exist after a disease infected the plant causing it to be wiped out from most farms and plantations. …
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Jasminum sambac – WikiPilipinas: The Hip 'n Free Philippine …
Posted by rtrafaelmd on 29 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Philippine Medicinal Plants
In the book Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Eduardo Quisumbing, it is reported that sampaguita flowers have been applied as a poultice to the breasts of women to act as a lactifuge (to stop the secretion of milk). …
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“Malunggay” is the next big thing in agriculture « Regarding Henry
Posted by admin on 07 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Philippine Medicinal Plants
In the Philippines , malunggay is a well known recipe for many delicious and nutritious viands. Its leaves are for soups with either chicken, fish, sautéed with beef, mongo and sardines; blanched as salads; tasty for ‘bola-bola,’ ‘torta’ … Currently, it is involved in processing dehydrated malunggay leaves to produce tea and as an additive to other medicinal plants to produce herbal tea. “This is the only active market that is running for malunggay now,” Manayaga said. …
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