Notice
The medical knowledge represented in this book is over a century old. The publication of this book is for historical interest only, and is not to be construed as medical advice by Project Gutenberg or its volunteers. Medicinal plants should not be used without consulting a trained medical professional. Medical science has made considerable progress since this book was written. Recommendations or prescriptions may have been superseded by better alternatives, or invalidated altogether.
The letter g̃ used in this book has the sound of the letters ng in the English word sing. Other publications sometimes used n͠g for the same sound, while in modern Philippine orthography, this sound is written as ng.
Medicinal Plants
of the
Philippine Archipelago