TURPENTINE STUPES PROCEDURE AND INDICATIONS

TURPENTINE STUPES
The application of turpentine stupes and oil to the abdomen or joint, combined with moist health.

Effects:
1. Relaxes abdominal distention of gas pain.
2. Relaxes bowel and intestinal spasms.
3. Stimulates the peristaltic movement of the intestines.
4. Relieves pain and congestion in the adjoining parts of the sprained ankle.
5. Relieves pain due to intestinal colic.
6. Promotes the absorption of serious effusions and exudates.

Things needed:
1. Set of Hot Fomentations.
2. Sheet or blanket to cover patient.
3. One hot towel.
4. Bottle containing turpentine and oil in the following mixture: 1tablespoon turpentine to 8 tablespoons of mineral oil for children, 1 tablespoon turpentine to 6 tablespoons of mineral oil for adults. Turpentine mixture: Put one turpentine mixture in a bottle with cover and add 8 tablespoons of mineral oil, if used to children and for adults, 6 tablespoons of mineral oil to one turpentine. Cover the bottle and shake the mixture thoroughly. Label the bottle with its proportion of turpentine and mineral oil. This mixture can be kept for future use. Keep bottle away from children.
5. Cream or lotion.

Procedure:
1. Bring all things needed to the bedside including the mixture of turpentine and mineral oil.
2. Prepare the patient for fomentation on the abdomen or ankle.
3. Apply the oil and turpentine mixture with your fingertips to the area to be treated.
4. Observe the skin of the patient to see if there are allergic reactions. If redness is noticed, discontinue the treatment. Wipe and remove the oil and turpentine mixture and apply cream or lotion to the skin.
5. Cover the area with dry towel and apply hot fomentation over the area covered. Fomentation pad should not be too hot.
6. Give three sets of fomentations. For abdominal distention, teach patient to do abdominal breathing. While the hot fomentation is still on the abdominal area, tell the patient to do abdominal breathing. Breathe in slowly bringing the abdomen up on inspiration and down on expiration. Do this exercise in few times, with rest periods in between.
7. After the last fomentation pad, remove hot towel and with dry towel remove oil from the skin.
8. Apply cream or hand lotion over the skin area treated and bandage (for sprained patients).
9. If abdominal distention persists, repeat the treatment after two hours, unless contraindicated.
10. If patient is not relieved in spite of the treatments, consult your physician immediately.

Precautions and Contraindications.
1. Do not use turpentine on patients with kidney problems.
2. Do not give patients allergic to turpentine.
3. If intestinal obstruction is suspected, never give any hot treatment but bring patient immediately to the nearest hospital. Symptoms of intestinal obstruction: a. Severe abdominal pain, b. No intestinal activities. Listen with your ears against the abdominal wall if the are movements of the intestines. C. Cannot pass out gas or stool.
4. Elderly patients and fair complexioned individuals are more sensitive. Use mixture of oil and turpentine for children.
5. For diabetic patients, use the children mixture.
6. Fomentation towels should not be very hot.

GETTING RID OF ASCARIS AND OTHER PARASITIC WORMS INSIDE OUR BODY

Ascaris and other parasitic worms infest the intestines and cause malnutrition in children.

Preventive Measures
1. Give daily bath to children and babies.
2. Wash hands with soap and water before and after eating.
3. Wash with soap and water and disinfect fruits and vegetables eaten raw like duhat or black plum, sineguelas, guava and vegetable salads.
4. Cut fingernails short.
5. Instruct children not to put fingers in the mouth.
6. Encourage children and everyone to wear slippers and shoes at all times, especially when walking on the ground.
7. Maintain a clean environment. Keep the house clean. Teach children to use the toilet.

Herbal medication for ascaris and trichina
1. Ipil-ipil or Santa Elena Seed. For children: eat the seeds of 5 fresh pads raw. Repeat after one week, if there are no results. For children and adults: cook 1 cup of dried seeds in frying pad without oil. Do not burn the seeds. Pulverize. Mix with milk or water. Dosage: adult-1 teaspoon, 2 hours after supper. Children (7-9 yrs) ¼ teaspoon, 2 hours after supper, (10-12 yrs)-1/2 teaspoon, 2 hours after supper.
2. Papaya Seeds. Dry 1 cup of seeds and pulverize. Mix with 1 cup milk or water.
3. Akapulko Seeds. Cook 1 cup of dried seeds in frying pan without oil. Pulverize. Mix with 1 cup milk or water. Dosage: Adult – 1 teaspoon, 2 hours after supper. Children (7-9 yrs) ¼ teaspoon, 2 hours after supper, (10-12 yrs) – ½ teaspoon, 2 hours after supper.

For Pin Worms:
1. Niyog-niyogan or Burma Cruper seeds. Eat raw 2 hours after supper. Repeat after one week if needed. Dosage: Adults – 10 seeds. Children (4-7 yrs) 4 seeds, children (8-9 yrs) 6 seeds, children (10-12 yrs) 7 seeds.
2. Pineapple Fruit, ripe. Eat 2-3 slices with every meal for one week. Note: when pinworms come out at night, wet cotton with oil and remove pinworm with cotton soaked in oil. Change bed sheet, underwear and pajamas every night for one week.

HERBAL MEDICINE IN FIGHTING DANDRUFF IN OUR SCALP

Herbal Medications to help get rid of dandruff

1. Kilaw leaves. Pound the rhizomes. Rub or massage the juice on the scalp and hair. Leave it overnight and shampoo the next morning.
2. Gugo Bark Shampoo. Soak the gugo bark in a basin of cold water for 30 minute before the shampoo. Squeeze the juice in the water and put the juice of calamansi. Wet hair very well and use this as shampoo. Rinse well. Use vinegar as conditioner if the water is hard.
3. Sabila Leaves. Extract the juice from fresh leaves. Apply juice liberally and massage scalp 1 hour before the gugo bark shampoo. Do this once a week for 4 weeks.

HERBAL TREATMENT AGAINST WORM INFESTATION

WORM INFESTATION
Ascaris and other parasitic worms infest the intestines and cause malnutrition in children.

Preventive Measures
1. Give daily bath to children and babies.
2. Wash hands with soap and water before and after eating.
3. Wash with soap and water and disinfect fruits and vegetables eaten raw like duhat or black plum, sineguelas, guava and vegetable salads.
4. Cut fingernails short.
5. Instruct children not to put fingers in the mouth.
6. Encourage children and everyone to wear slippers and shoes at all times, especially when walking on the ground.
7. Maintain a clean environment. Keep the house clean. Teach children to use the toilet.

Herbal medication for ascaris and trichina
1. Ipil-ipil or Santa Elena Seed. For children: eat the seeds of 5 fresh pads raw. Repeat after one week, if there are no results. For children and adults: cook 1 cup of dried seeds in frying pad without oil. Do not burn the seeds. Pulverize. Mix with milk or water. Dosage: adult-1 teaspoon, 2 hours after supper. Children (7-9 yrs) ¼ teaspoon, 2 hours after supper, (10-12 yrs)-1/2 teaspoon, 2 hours after supper.
2. Papaya Seeds. Dry 1 cup of seeds and pulverize. Mix with 1 cup milk or water.
3. Akapulko Seeds. Cook 1 cup of dried seeds in frying pan without oil. Pulverize. Mix with 1 cup milk or water. Dosage: Adult – 1 teaspoon, 2 hours after supper. Children (7-9 yrs) ¼ teaspoon, 2 hours after supper, (10-12 yrs) – ½ teaspoon, 2 hours after supper.

For Pin Worms:
1. Niyog-niyogan or Burma Cruper seeds. Eat raw 2 hours after supper. Repeat after one week if needed. Dosage: Adults – 10 seeds. Children (4-7 yrs) 4 seeds, children (8-9 yrs) 6 seeds, children (10-12 yrs) 7 seeds.
2. Pineapple Fruit, ripe. Eat 2-3 slices with every meal for one week. Note: when pinworms come out at night, wet cotton with oil and remove pinworm with cotton soaked in oil. Change bed sheet, underwear and pajamas every night for one week.

HOW TO FIGHT DANDRUFF PROBLEM

DANDRUFF
Dandruffs are scales of greasy keratotic material shed from the scalp.

Water Treatments
1. Wash hair 2 times a week using gugo shampoo or commercial shampoo for dry hair.
2. Comb and massage head very well after shampoo.
3. Apply fresh coconut oil to the head and hair once a week, one hour before shampoo. Massage the oil on the scalp. Leave oil for 10 minutes. Better yet, leave it on overnight before shampoo.
4. As hair conditioner, put ½ cup vinegar into one-gallon water and use this to rinse hair after shampoo.

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR ASTHMA

HERBAL MEDICATION FOR ASTHMA

1. Talumpunay leaves. Roll two leaves. Use as cigarette every 6 hours.
2. Kalatsutsi Leaves or Graveyard Flower. Roll 2 dried leaves. Use as cigarette, one in the morning and one in the evening.
3. Sampalok or Tamarind Bark. Chop and boil bark in a one-foot long piece bark in 3 galsses of water for 10 minutes. Dosage adults: 1 cup every after meals. Children: ½ cup, 4 times a day (after meals and bedtime).
4. Kulitis or Ameranth Leaves and flowers. Boil 5 chopped young stems with flowers and leaves in 5 glasses of water for 10 minutes. Adult-1 cup 4 times a day. Children ¼ cup, 4 times a day. Babies-2 teaspoons, 4 times a day.