| Alocasia macrorhizos (L.) G Don |
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- Family:
- Araceae
- Common name:
- malabiga (Tag.); giant elephant ear, giant taro, large taro (Engl.); aba (Ibn.); aba-aba (Ig.); badiang (Tag., Bis.); bagiang (Bis.); bira, sininaba (Ilk.); biga (Tag., Ilk., Bis., Pamp.); bilbila (Bon.); gabi (Bik.); galiang, ragiang, taliang (Bis.); gandus (Pamp.)
- Local name:
- badyang
- Indication:
- For skin abcess
- Plant part used:
- branch (ripe)
- Method of Preparation:
- Get a badyang branch which is 1 finger in length. Gather 10 pieces of harang. Wrap the plant materials with salt in a banana leaf. Heat over fire. Prepare poultice from plant materials.
- Direction for use:
- Apply poultice on affected part. Leave on until morning.
- Additional information:
- Hubag pagmata or skin abcess (usually on hand or foot) will cause paralysis on affected part if not treated early.
- Informant:
- FGD1
- Place gathered:
- Samar, Calbayog City, Barangay Pinamorotan, Pambujan Watershed
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- Luceriano RP
- Abstracted by:
- QuitainA
- Date abstracted:
- Mar-14
- Province:
- Samar Island