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Pansit-pasitan
Common names: Ulasiman-bato, pansit-pansitan
(Tagalog); olasiman-ihalas (Cebu,Bisaya); tangon-tangon (Bikol); peperomia
(English).
Indications and preparations: Infusion, decoction or
salad for gout and rheumatic pains; pounded plant warm poultice for boils and abscesses.
Family: Piperaceae |
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| Description: |
Small fleshy herb up to 30 cm tall. Stem initially erect,
rooting at nodes, glabrous. Leaves spirally arranged, simple and membranous when dry.
Flowers bisexual, without a stalk, floral bracts rounded. Fruit fleshy, one-seeded. |
| Ecological distribution: |
in disturbed habitats, in gardens and cultivated areas that
are damp and lightly shaded, on damp hard surfaces such as walls, roofs, steep gullies,
and in flower pots. Native to South America, common in South-East Asia, naturalized widely
in the Old World tropics. |
| Parts used: |
Aerial plant parts. |
| Traditional uses: |
Whole plant – as warm poultice to treat abscesses, boils
and pimples, rheumatism and fatigue. |
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bruised leaf – for headache, convulsions. |
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infusion or decoction-against gout, kidney troubles,
rheumatic pain, externally as rinse for complexion problems. |
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Leaf juice – for colic and abdominal pains. |
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Eaten as fresh salad. |
| Special precautions: |
Avoid using with other pain relievers, diuretics. |
| Further information in: |
de Padua,L.S., N. Bunyapraphatsara, R.H.M.J. Lemmens
(Editors). 1999. Plant Resources of South East Asia 12(1) Medicinal and Poisonous Plants.
Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands.771 pp. |
| Or contact: |
RED Foundation Inc., Los Baņos, Laguna 4031 Philippines Tel
no. (63) (049) 536 0205. |
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