FIlipino, Flora, Folklore and pharmacies Flashcards

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Mabuhay

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  • over 7000 islands
  • approx. 115 million people spanning 300 000 km2
  • previously under spanish and american colonization
  • officially recognized as an independent country in 1946
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What is traditional medicine?

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it is the sum total of the knowledge, skill and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness

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What is ethnobotany

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  • relies indigenously informed plant identification, foraging, and cultivation in use as food, medicine and shelter
  • approx. 25% of drugs in conventional medication have been associated in some way with plant products
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Babaylans

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  • were second only in command to the datus (regional cheiftains) during pre-colonial times
  • role came through spiritual possession, had a spirit familiar
  • functioned as warriors, healers, record keepers, priestesses and sages
  • generally female, but transgender, male or non-binary babaylans existed
  • were ostracized post-spanish colonization
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Albularyos

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  • adapted from the spanish term herbolario
  • contemporary to babaylans
  • general practitioner, counsellor
  • cupping, herbal concoctions, bone alignment, etc
  • mostly present in rural areas
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Why has interest in Filipino traditional medicine persisted?

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  • local knowledge
  • availiability of resources
  • anecdotal evidence
  • distrust of modern healthcare
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Flora de Filipinas

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a landmark botanical atlas illustrating Filipino medicinal plants in detail along with their uses

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Tungkod Pari

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  • ti plant, Cordyline fruticosa
  • roots were harvested for diarrhea treatment
  • in folklore, the Ifugao tribe planted there near rice plantations to drive evil spirits away and for ritualistic use
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Duhat

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  • Java Plum, Syzygium jambolanum
  • leaves can be smoked as a tobacco alternative, wounds can cleaned with bark reduction
  • due to its low glycemic index, consumption of this fruit/seed helps covert carbohydrates to energy and regulates blood sugar levels
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Java Plum folklore

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  • trees are hiding places of Engkanto (elves) and pugots
  • Java plums were part of offerings to Mandurugos (filipino shapeshifting vampires) so they would not harm a family
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Tuli

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  • male rite of passage
  • traditionally performed by a manunuli, boys around 8-12 years old undergo a dorsal slit circumsision
  • boys are told to chew bayabas leaves during the procedure, with the chewed mixture applied afterwards to stop the bleeding
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12
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Querectin

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acts as a spasmolytic and as an antioxidant

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Rutin

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exhibits high free radical scavenging activity

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Bayabas as an antimicrobial

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  • guava leaves have shown polyphenols that have been shown to inhibit various microorganisms
  • Guava leaf extract has been shown to disrupt quorum sensing-dependent biofilms growth
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The NIRPROMP prompt

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the national integrated research program on medicinal plants was established in 1974 as a collaboration between the university of phillipines manila and the department of science and technology government branch

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15
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goals of the NIRPROMP prompt

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  • discover new and substitute drugs from plants
  • develop drugs in various dosages to establish autonomous Filipino pharmaceutical industry
  • generate new sources of revenue via cash crops
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10 promising plant pupils

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Yerba buena (Mentha cordifolia)
Tsaang gubat (Ehretia microphylla)
Niyog-niyogan (Quisqualis indica)
Bayabas (Psidium guajava)
Ulasimang bato (Peperomia pellucida)
Bawang (Allium sativum)
Lagundi (Vitex negundo)
Sambong (Blumea balsamifera)
Akapulko (Senna alata)
Ampalaya (Momordica charantia)

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Lagundi

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  • selected for further investigation as respiratory illness was identified as one of the symptoms in the Filipino population that would be easiest to treat
  • identified four main bioactive components
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The four lagundi leaf extracts

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chrysoplenol-D, casticin, luteolin, isoorientin

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