10 HERBAL MEDICINES APPROVED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
1. Sambong
2. Akapulko
3. Niyog-niyogan
4. Tsaang gubat
5. Ampalaya
6. Lagundi
7. Ulasimang bato
8. Bawang
9. Bayabas
10.Yerba buena

SAMBONG
Scientific Name: Blumea
balsamifera
Use/s: Anti-edema, diuretic,
anti-urolithiasis

AKAPULKO
Common Name/s: Ringworm
bush, Bayas-bayasan
Scientific Name: Cassia alata
Uses/: Anti-fungal, tinea flava,
ringworm, athlete’s foot and
scabies

NIYOG-NIYOGAN
Common Name: Chinese
Honey Suckle
Scientific Name: Quisqualis
indica L.
Use/s: Anti-helmintic (used to
expel parasitic worms)

TSAANG GUBAT
Common Name: Forest Tea or
Wild Tea
Scientific Name: Carmona
retusa
Use/s: Diarrhea, Stomach
ache

AMPALAYA
Common Name: Bitter Gourd
or Bitter Melon
Scientific Name: Momordica
charantia
Use/s: lowers blood sugar
levels

LAGUNDI
Common Name: 5 Leaved-
Chaste Tree
Scientific Name: Vitex
negundo
Use/s: asthma and cough,
fever, dysentery, colds and
pain, HA, Aromatic bath for
sick patients

ULASIMANG BATO
Common Name: Silver bush/
Shiny bush, Pansit-pansitan
Scientific Name: Peperomia
pellucida
Use/s: lowers uric acid

BAWANG
Common Name: Garlic
Scientific Name: Allium
sativum
Use/s: for HTN, toothache,
lowers cholesterol levels in the
blood

BAYABAS
Common Name: Guava
Scientific Name: Psidium
guajava
Use/s: for washing wounds, for
toothache, for diarrhea

YERBA BUENA
Common Name: Peppermint
Scientific Name: Mentha cordifelia
Use/s: cough and cold, swollen
gums and toothache, menstrual
and gas pain, nausea and
fainting, insect bites