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186 • Herlina Hartanto The group reasoned that these vegetables and root crops could be prepared and served during the village meetings or community activities. The two gardens prospered and began to attract the attention of community members and visitors. Some commented that they had expected more herbs; the women responded by propagating more herbs, especially those most commonly used by barangay residents. The women also encouraged residents to take some planting stock from the herb garden for their own gardens. Others took the vegetables for home cooking. As more residents started to make use of the gardens and some took plants without permission, the group faced the issue of regulation. They decided to monitor use of the plants by requiring users to complete a form, devised with the facilitation of the ACM team (Table 6-3). The monitoring form revealed the high frequency with which lagundi was taken for propagation purposes. Other species in high demand were kalabo (Coleus aromaticus), comfrey (Symphytum officinale), atay-atay (Graptophyllum pictum), and ganda (Curcuma zedoria). The abundance of the information collected in the first few weeks was so overwhelming that the group simplified the monitoring form. Table 6-3. Example of monitoring form: herb garden Beneficiary Herb Use 1. Consorcia Zulita Atay-atay For propagation 2. Pelinia Coliling Angelica Treatment of fever 3. Bads Bawing, herba For propagation buena 4. Consorcia Zulita Bawing For propagation 5. Juanita Luna Lagundi For propagation 6. Merlyn Carpe Lagundi For propagation 7. Rosita Wacda Lagundi Cough treatment 8. Teresa Tinio, Juanita Petsay For cooking Luna, Perlita Abando, Merlinda Sinhayan 9. Glenda Zulita Lagundi Cough, fever treatment 10. Diana Sihagay Angelica Treatment for swelling 11. Narcisa Sanghid Kalabo Cough, fever treatment 12. Bong Gonzales Kalabo, herba buena, comfrey Cough, fever treatment
Chapter 6: Facilitating Change from the Inside in the Philippines • 187 The ACM team believed that the group could make better use of the herbs if members learned more about herbal medicine and processing techniques. The group responded positively and asked the local NGO, the Katilingbanay Foundation, to conduct a two-day training programme. Using an intensive small-group practicum, the Katilingbanay team taught the participants—five Basac association members (all men), four members of the Basac association’s women’s group and two barangay residents—about practical diagnostic and herbal processing procedures, such as preparing lagundi cough syrup, ginger fmassage oil, sambong (Blumea balsamifera) herbal tea, and akapulko (Cassia alata) soap and ointment. After the training, the participants took home and distributed 183 medicinal concoctions for testing. They also shared their new knowledge with their family members, relatives and neighbours. The barangay health workers started to prescribe herbal medicine to their patients. The learning process that the women’s group underwent in addressing the lack of medicine is described in Figure 6-7.
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