This document discusses alternative medicines and herbal remedies. It proposes promoting alternative medicines through medical education reforms and establishing a community physicians' organization. It also lists the top 10 medicinal plants in the Philippines, including their common names and uses, such as treating ringworm, diabetes, and intestinal worms. Finally, it provides home remedies for common health issues like athlete's foot, constipation, lice, indigestion, and sunburn using ingredients like tea tree oil, mineral oil, mayonnaise, peppermint oil, and tea bags.

1. Topic 3
Wellness Redefined: The Wonders of Alternative Medicines

2. Alternative Medicine - are practices claimed to have the healing effects of medicine
but are disproven or any harmful.
Proposed Resolution in promoting alternative medicines:
• There is a need for value re-orientation in the medical school-hospital as support
system to promote the viability of community medicine practice
• Medical academe should actively promote and advocate community medicine as a
career path among young doctors and medical students
• Integrate the concept of community-based medical practice into the medical
curriculum
• Form a community physicians’ organization to advance the discipline not only in
the academe and medical community
Republic Act. 1843: An Act Creating the Philippine Institute of Traditional and
Alternative Health Care to Accelerate the Development of Traditional and Alternative
Health Care in the Philippines.

3. Top 10 medicinal plants:
1. Akapulbo (Cassia alata) – known as “bayabas-
bayasan” and “ringworm bush”. This herbal
medicine is used to treat ringworms and skin
fungal infections.
2.
Ampalaya (Allium sativum) – know as
“bittergourd”. It is most known as a treatment
of diabetes, for the non-insulin dependent
patients.

4. 3.
Bawang (Allium sativum) – know as
“garlic”. It mainly reduces cholesterol in
the blood and helps control blood pressure
4.
Bayabas (Psidium guajava) – known as
“guava”. It can be used as a mouth wash
to treat tooth decay and gum infection.

5. 5.
Lagundi (Vitex negundo) – known as” 5-
leaved tree:. Its main use is for the relief of
coughs and asthma.
6.
Niyog-niyogan
(Quisqualis indica) – it’s a
vine known as “Chinese
Honey suckle”. It is
effective the elimination
of intestinal worms,
particularly the Ascaris
and Trichima.

6. 7.
Sambong (Blumea balsamifera) – a
diuretic that helps in the excretion of
urinary stones and can also be used as an
edema.
8. Tsaang Gubat (Ehretia microphylla
Lam.) – it is used as a mouth wash
since the leaves of this shrub has high
fluoride content.

7. 9.
Ulasimang Bato (Peperomia pellucida) –
known as “pansit-pansitan” and it is
effective in fighting arthritis and gout.
10. Yerba Buena (Clinopodium
douglasii) – known as Peppermint.
The vine can be used as as
analegsic to relive body aches and
pain.

8. Some medicial plants can be found in kitchen also in our backyard:
1. Atis (Anona squamosa L.)
2. Banaba (Lagerstroemia speciosa)
3. Gumamela (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn)
4. Luya (Zingiber officinale)
5. Oregano (Origanum vulgare)
6. Pansit-pansitan (Peperomia pellucida Linn.)
7. Sabila (Aloe barbadensis miller liquid)
8. Virgin Coconut oil (VCCO)
Tips for Common Health Problems:
• Athlete’s Foot - put a few drops of tea tree oil on the areas affected by
athlete's foot four times a day.
• Constipation - dip a q-tip into a bottle of mineral oil. Insert the oily q-tip very
gently on the rectum. Older folks can probably go to the entire length of the q-
tip just fine and may want to these two or three times. And lie about for 30
minutes.
• Lice - simply get a new jar of mayonnaise from your kitchen or grocery store.
Grab a handful and cover all your child's hair. Cover the hair with a plastic
shower cap to keep the mayonnaise intact in your child's hair. Leave the

9. • Indigestion - the active ingredient in peppermint oil is menthol. After a big
meal, gas building up in your stomach can cause cramping. But, menthol
relaxes the value between the stomach and esophagus.
• Sunburn/burn - make a pot of boiling water and steep many tea bags. Add ice
until the tea is slightly warm. Put a bath into the pot and keep turning the
towel until it has soaked up all of the tea. Have the sunburned person lie on
the floor or bed on top of an old towel to catch drips. Place the wet towel
over the sunburned area of the body. Leave the towel on for a half hour