The Solid and Watershed Management Division of Negros Oriental is searching for 14 species of plant materials recommended by the Bureau of Food and Drugs and ordered by Gov. Emilio Macias II, to be implemented in the 96 Barangay Agricultural Development Centers in the province.

This was after the recent order of Macias’ to the Provincial Agriculture Office to revive the Provincial Herbal Medicine Project,     PAO chief Gregorio Paltinca said yesterday.

He said the resumption of the herbal gardening program should be done using organic fertilizer and organic-based technology, to produce organically grown herbal medicine in the countrysides.

The Provincial Herbal Medicine Project was first implemented from 1988 to 1998, as one of the community-based health projects of the provincial government during the first three terms of then and now incumbent governor Macias.

Medicinal plants and herbs can be applied as treatment for minor ailment and common diseases, and as first aid treatment for simple fractures, sprains and cramps.

SWMD Chief Edwin Valencia, with his staff, is gathering species of herbal plants while preparing garden lots where the herbs will be planted and reproduced.

The 14 medicinal plants as approved by the BFAD are, ahos (for headache, insect bites; akapulko – skin diseases, tinea flava; ampalaya – diabetes/non-insulin dependent; bayabas – diarrhea, wound cuts, toothache, wound cleansing; dalapot – arthritis, headache; kalamansi – cough, sore throat, fainting; kalatsutsi – scabies, arthritis; lagundi – fever, headache, wounds; ginger – sore throat, pharyngitis; niyog-niyogan – deworming, ascaris; sambag – fever, wounds/cuts; sinaw-sinaw – reduction of uric acid; tsaang-gubat – abdominal pains; and yerba Buena – arthritis, headache, toothache.*RG

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