

Sambong is very popular among people with kidney problems because of its diuretic qualities. It is also used for infected wounds, respiratory infections, and stomach pains.

It is a very popular Philippine herbal flowering plant used as medicine to treat kidney stones, wounds and cuts, rheumatism, anti-diarrhea, anti-spasms, colds and coughs and hypertension. Sambong or Blumea camphor (Blumea balsamifera) The law created the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) whose mandate is to promote and advocate the use of traditional and alternative health care modalities through scientific research and product development.ġ. 8423), also known as the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) of 1997. Ramos realized the value of the traditional medicines in the Philippines and signed into law Republic Act 8423 (R.A. Herbal Plants Recommended by the Philippine’s Department of Health (DOH)
