herbal medicine for many

10 DOH-APPROVED HERBAL MEDICINE renal patients to avert or

delay the need for dialysis or
organ transplantation
1. Ehretia microphylla
★ Tsaang gubat / wild tea 3. Psidium guajava
★ Family: Boraginaceae ★ bayabas/guava
★ Therapeutic effects ★ Family: Myrtaceae
○ Taken as a tea to treat skin ★ Const: tannins, vit. A and C
allergies including eczema, ★ Therapeutic effects
scabies, itchiness, and ○ Antiseptic, astringent &
wounds in childbirth anthelminthic
○ Effective in treating intestinal ○ Anti-inflammatory
motility ○ Antioxidant
○ Also used as a mouthwash ○ Anti-plasmodial
since leaves of this shrub ○ Anti-cough
have high fluoride content ○ Antidiabetic
Const: triterpenes: a-amyrin, b-amyrin, ○ Antigenotoxic
baurenol ○ Used to treat diarrhea and
toothaches
2.Blumea balsamifera 4. Vitex negundo
★ Sambong ★ 5-leaved chaste tree
★ Blumea camphor/Ngai camphor ★ Family: lamiaceae
★ Family: Asteraceae ★ Const: phenolic compounds and
★ Cons: monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, flavonoids
diterpenes, flavonoids, organic acids, ★ Use:
esters, alcohols, dihydroflavone, and ○ Analgesic
sterols. ○ For coughs and colds
★ Therapeutic effects: 5. Allium sativum
○ Anti-urolithiasis ★ bawang/garlic
○ Works as diuretic ★ Family: Amaryllidaceae
○ Astringent - sambong leaves ★ Const: allicin, allin
may be used for wounds and ★ Use:
acts ○ Reduce cholesterol
○ Expectorant ○ anti-bacterial
○ Anti-spasm ○ Control blood pressure
○ Anti-diarrhea
○ The National Kidney and
Transplant Institute has
promoted the use of this
6. Quiscualis indica ★ Const: two secolignans, two
★ Niyog-niyogan / chinese honey tetrahydrofuran lignans, and one
suckle highly methoxylated
★ Family: combretaceae dihydronaphthalenone.
★ Cons: tannins, flavonoids, phenols ★ Use:
★ Use: ○ Anti-inflammatory
○ Eliminate intestinal worms ○ Arthritis and gouts
○ Boils and skin ulcer
○ Dysuria
7. Cassia alata
★ Akapulko
★ Family: Fabaceae
★ Const: Chrysophanic acid
(chrysophanol); oxymethyl
anthraquinone, 2.2%; aloe-emodin;
rhein; cassiaxanthone; tannins;
saponins; alkaloids.
★ Use:
○ Fir tinea infections, insect
bites, ringworms, eczema,
scabies and itchiness
8. Momordica charantia
★ ampalaya/ bitter melon
★ Family: Cucurbitaceae
★ Const: saponin and terpenoids
★ Use:
★ For diabetes
★ Hemorrhoids
★ Cough
★ Anti-cancer
9. Clinopodium douglasii
★ Yerba buena
★ Family: Lamiaceae
★ Const: menthol, menthene
★ Use:
○ Analgesic
○ Cough, cold and insect bites
10. Peperomia pellucida
★ pansit-pansitan/ ulasimang bato
★ Family: Piperaceae