MEDICINAL USES OF PLANTS 199 



A fluid extracted from the roasted leaves is used in earache. 

 Distribution : Cultivated in gardens ; apparently nowhere 

 spontaneous. 



EUPHORBIA THYMIFOLIA L. 



Local names: Golandrina (corrupted Spanish); makikitot (Bontoc). 



The leaves are commonly employed in poultices to counteract 

 the effects of bites of poisonous snakes ; also as an efficient 

 vulnerary. The latex is sometimes used to dissipate the opacity 

 of the cornea. 



Distribution : Throughout the Philippines in v^aste placets along 

 roads and trails, in fallow rice-paddies, etc. 



EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI L. CONSUELDA.* 



Local names: Balibali (Iloilo; ; consuelda (Spanish) ; gaton (Benguet) ; 

 katuit (Tagalog) ; solda-solda (Leyte) ; solsoldong (Pangasinan) ; soro- 

 soro (Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Rizal, Iloilo) ; sostieldo (Ilocos Norte and Sur, 

 Abra, Union) ; susuerdo (Zambales) ; suelda-consuelda (Bulacan, Manila, 

 Cavite, Camarines Sur, Zamboanga) ; sueldo-coiisueldo (Caniarines) ; suer- 

 do-consuerdo (Cagayan, Bataan, Marinduque). 



The stems are used in poultices to aid the healing of frac- 

 tures of the bones. The latex is said to be an energetic revulsive. 

 It is also employed as a cure for wounds. If allowed to get into 

 the eyes, it is said to cause blindness. 



Distribution: Northern Luzon to Mindanao. Occasionally 

 planted in gardens, but apparently nowhere spontaneous. 



Genus EXCOECARIA 

 EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA L. BUTA-BUTA. 



A description and figure of this species and its local names 

 are given in the section on mangrove swamps. 



The latex is known as a caustic ; nevertheless it is used in 

 healing obstinate ulcers. 



Genus HOMONOIA 



HOMONOIA RIPARIA Lour. Mangagos. 



Local names: Agooi (Bulacan); agoioi (Nueva Ecija, Rizal, Tayabas) ; 

 agukuk, kagoioi (Rizal) ; dumdnai (Tagalog, Iloko) ; lumdnai (Tagalog) ; 

 apoioi, mangagos (Tayabas) ; baldnti (Bataan, Zambales; hangdrai 

 (Samar) ; liuhon (Sambali) ; lumandia (Tagalog) ; malahngos, miagook, 

 miagits (Occidental Negros) ; mandgos (Mindoro). 



* The Spanish name of a European medicinal plant {Symphytum of- 

 ficinale L.) which, in the original form or various corruptions of it, has 

 become the almost universal name of Euphorbia tirncalli in the Philip- 

 pines. 



