Herbal Medicine Lesson 5 PDF

CHN211 LESSON 5: HERBAL MEDICINE WEEK 2 I SECOND YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER - PRELIMS | A.Y. 2023-2024 I COLLEGE OF NURSING - VALENZUELA CAMPUS PPT and Discussed by: PROF. AIDA V....

CHN211 LESSON 5: HERBAL MEDICINE WEEK 2 I SECOND YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER - PRELIMS | A.Y. 2023-2024 I COLLEGE OF NURSING - VALENZUELA CAMPUS PPT and Discussed by: PROF. AIDA V. GARCIA MAN, RN Transcribed by: MICAELLA RANE S VALERIANO, SN I BSN 2-Y1-4 I OLFU - VAL LAGUNDI (VITEX NEGUNDO) TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ACT (TAMA) Vitex negundo Republic Act 8423, known as the Traditional and ○ scientific name Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) of 1997 - traditional 5-leaved chaste tree medicine program ○ english name Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) Authored Used in Philippine herbal by Senator Juan Flavier and approved on December 1997 Medicine to treat cough, colds and fever. This gave rise to the creation of Philippine Institute of Relief for asthma and pharyngitis. Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) Recommended for mild covid infection Tasked to promote and advocates use of traditional and Uses and preparation: alternative health care modalities through scientific ○ Asthma, Cough and Fever (Decoction. Boil raw research and product development fruits or leaves in 2 glasses of water for 15 Philippine Department of Health (DOH) through its minutes) "Traditional Health Program" has endorsed 10 medicinal ○ Dysentery, Colds and Pain (Decoction. Boil a plants to be used as herbal medicine in Philippines due to handful of leaves and flowers in water to its health benefits produce a glass, three times a day) TRADITIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM ○ Skin diseases (dermatitis, scabies, ulcer, eczema) (Wash and clean the skin or wound with the 10 medicinal plants as herbal medicines in Philippines decoction) Sum total of knowledge, skills and practice on health care, not necessary explicable in the context of modern, ○ Headache (Crush leaves may be applied on the scientific philosophical framework forehead) Recognized by people to help maintain and improve their YERBA BUENA health towards the wholeness of their being, community Mentha cordifolia and society and their interaction based on culture, history, ○ Scientific name heritage and consciousness Analgesic to relieve body aches and pain due to MEDICINAL PLANTS PREPARATIONS rheumatism and gout. It is also used to treat coughs, colds and insect bites. Decoction ○ Boil recommended parts in water Uses and preparation: ○ Boiling time: 20 minutes ○ Swollen gums – Steep 6 g. of fresh plant in a glass of boiling water for 30 minutes. Use as a Infusion gargle solution. ○ Plant part soaked in hot water like tea ○ 10 – 15 minutes ○ Toothache – Cut fresh plant and squeeze sap. Soak a piece of cotton in the sap and insert this Poultice in aching tooth cavity ○ Directly apply recommended part on affected area ○ Menstrual and gas pain – Soak a handful of leaves in a class of boiling water. Drink infusion. ○ For bruises, wounds, rashes Tincture ○ Nausea and Fainting – Crush leaves and apply at nostrils of patients ○ Mix plant part in alcohol ○ Insect bites – Crush leaves and apply juice on HALAMANG GAMOT the affected area or pound leaves until like a Akapulko paste, rub on the affected area. Ampalaya ○ Pruritus – Boil plants alone or with eucalyptus in Bawang water. Use decoction as a wash on affected area Bayabas ○ Pain (headache, stomachache) – Boil chopped Lagundi leaves in 2 glasses of water for 15 minutes. Niyog-niyugan Divide decoction into 2 parts, drink one part Sambong every 3 hours. Tsaang gubat ○ Rheumatism, arthritis and headache – Crush Pansit-pansitan the fresh leaves and squeeze sap. Massage sap Yerba Buena on painful parts with eucalyptus CHN211: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING LESSON 5: HERBAL MEDICINE 1  CHN211 LESSON 5: HERBAL MEDICINE WEEK 2 I SECOND YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER - PRELIMS | A.Y. 2023-2024 I COLLEGE OF NURSING - VALENZUELA CAMPUS PPT and Discussed by: PROF. AIDA V. GARCIA MAN, RN Transcribed by: MICAELLA RANE S VALERIANO, SN I BSN 2-Y1-4 I OLFU - VAL ○ Cough and Cold – Soak 10 fresh leaves in a glass used for toothache. Boil chopped leaves for 15 of hot water, drink as tea minutes at low fire. Do not cover and then let it SAMBONG cool and strain. Blumea Balsamifera (Scientific Name) AKAPULKO Treat Kidney Stones, Gout (Rich in Proteins) Cassia alata (scientific name) Uses and Preparation: Ringworm bush or schrub and Acapulco (English name) ○ Anti-edema, Diuretic, Anti- Urolithiasis – Boil To treat tinea infections, insect bites, ringworms, eczema, Chopped Leaves iIn a Glass of Water for 15 scabies and itchiness. Minutes Until One Glassful Remains. Urolithiasis Not native plant in the PH, it is from the spain. is a Stone in the Kidney. To treat had-had, buni, alipunga. Takes several times to Divide Decoction Into 3 Parts, Drink effect One Part 3 Times a Day. Uses and preparation: ○ Diarrhea – Chopped Leaves and Boil in a Glass of ○ Anti-fungal (tinea flava, ringworm, athlete’s foot Water for 15 Minutes. Drink One Part Every 3 and scabies) – Fresh, matured leaves are Hours pounded. TSAANG GUBAT ○ Apply soap to the affected area 1-2 times a day. Carmona Retusa (Scientific Name) ULASIMANG BATO / PANSIT-PANSITAN Wild Tea (English Name) Peperomia pellucida (scientific name) Taken as Tea to Treat Diarrhea With Abdominal Pain. Effective in treating arthritis and gout. Uses and Preparation: Uses and preparation: ○ Diarrhea – Boil Chopped Leaves Into 2 Glasses of ○ Lowers uric acid (rheumatism and gout) Water for 15 Minutes. Divide Decoction Into 4 ○ One and a half cup leaves are boiled in two Parts. Drink 1 Part Every 3 Hours. glasses of water over low fire. Do not cover the ○ Stomach Ache – Boil Chopped Leaves in 1 Glass pot. (kapag sobrang kulo na hinaan na) of Water for 15 Minutes. Cool and Strain. ○ Divide into 3 parts and drink one part 3 times a NIYOG-NIYOGAN day. Quisqualis indica (scientific name) BAWANG Chinese honey suckles (english name) Allium sativum (scientific name) To eliminate intestinal parasites. Garlic (English name) Uses and preparation: Treat infection with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, ○ Anthelmintic – The seeds are taken 2 hours after anti-cancer and antihypertensive properties. To reduce supper. cholesterol level in blood. ○ If no worms are expelled, the dose may be Uses and preparation: repeated after one week. ○ Hypertension – May be fried, roasted, soaked in ○ Caution: Not to be given to children below 4 vinegar for 30 minutes, or blanched in boiled years old water for 15 minutes. Take 2 pieces 3 times a BAYABAS day after meals. (bawal kainin ng deretsyo dahil mainit ito at baka magka ulcer ang patient; Psidium guajava (scientific name) dapat taken as maintenance para umepekto) Guava (english name) As antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, ○ Toothache – Pound a small piece and apply it to antioxidant hepatoprotective, anti-allergy, antimicrobial, the affected area. antiplasmodial, anti cough, antidiabetic, and antigenotoxic AMPALAYA in folkloric medicine. Momordica charantia (scientific name) Uses and preparation: Bitter melon or bitter gourd (English name) ○ For washing wounds – Maybe use twice a day. Treatment of diabetes (diabetes mellitus), hemorrhoids, (pang langgas sa mga na circumcise) coughs, burns and scalds, and being studied for anticancer ○ Diarrhea – May be taken 3-4 times a day. properties. ○ As gargle and for toothache – Warm decoction Uses and preparation: is used for gargle. Freshly pounded leaves are CHN211: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING LESSON 5: HERBAL MEDICINE 2  CHN211 LESSON 5: HERBAL MEDICINE WEEK 2 I SECOND YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER - PRELIMS | A.Y. 2023-2024 I COLLEGE OF NURSING - VALENZUELA CAMPUS PPT and Discussed by: PROF. AIDA V. GARCIA MAN, RN Transcribed by: MICAELLA RANE S VALERIANO, SN I BSN 2-Y1-4 I OLFU - VAL ○ Diabetes Mellitus (Mild Non-Insulin Dependent) – Chopped leaves then boil in a glass of water for 15 minutes. Do not cover. Cool and strain. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day after meals. REMINDERS ON THE USE OF HERBAL MEDICINE Avoid the use of insecticide as these may leave poison on plants. In the preparation of herbal medicine, use a clay pot and remove cover while boiling at low heat. Use only part of the plant being advocated. Follow an accurate dose of suggested preparation. Use only one kind of herbal plant for each type of symptoms or sickness Stop giving the herbal medication in case untoward reaction such as allergy occurs. If signs and symptoms are not relieved after 2 to 3 doses of herbal medication, consult a doctor ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE MODALITIES As defined by law. Other forms of non-allopathic, occasionally non indigenous or imported healing methods. Includes: ○ reflexology ACUPUNCTURE ○ acupressure ○ chiropractics Using needles to puncture & stimulate specific anatomical ○ nutritional therapy points of body Acupuncture points are anatomically defined areas on the ACUPRESSURE skin relative to certain landmarks on the body. Indicated Application of pressure on acupuncture points without that there were holes in the skin through which qi energy puncturing the skin. could flow. Acupressure stimulates the body at certain meridians, or MASSAGE pressure points Superficial soft parts of the body are rubbed, stroked, REFLEXOLOGY kneaded or tapped for remedial, aesthetic, hygienic or Application of therapeutic pressure on the body’s reflex limited therapeutic purposes points to enhance the body's natural healing mechanisms CHIROPRACTIC and balance body functions. Based on principle that internal glands and organs can be influenced by properly Concerned with pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy and applying prophylaxis of functional disturbances, patho-mechanicals taste, pain syndromes and neurophysiological effects relieve static and dynamics of locomotors system, especially spine and pelvis. Traditionally uses manipulation of the spine and limbs HERBAL MEDICINE / PHYTOMEDICINE Finished, labeled, medicinal products that contain as active ingredients, aerial or underground parts of the plant or other materials or combination thereof, either in the crude state or as plant preparations pressure to the corresponding reflex area on the body. CHN211: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING LESSON 5: HERBAL MEDICINE 3  CHN211 LESSON 5: HERBAL MEDICINE WEEK 2 I SECOND YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER - PRELIMS | A.Y. 2023-2024 I COLLEGE OF NURSING - VALENZUELA CAMPUS PPT and Discussed by: PROF. AIDA V. GARCIA MAN, RN Transcribed by: MICAELLA RANE S VALERIANO, SN I BSN 2-Y1-4 I OLFU - VAL NUTRITIONAL THERAPY Use of food as medicine and to improve health by enhancing the nutritional value of food components that reduces risk of disease. Synonymous with nutritional healing PRANIC HEALING Holistic approach of healing that follows the principle of balancing energy CHN211: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING LESSON 5: HERBAL MEDICINE 4