MEDICINAL USES OF PLANTS 245 



ELEPHANTOPUS SPICATUS Aubl. SupstJput. 



Local names: Ardatag (Bisaya) ; dila-dila (Laguna) ; dilang-usd (Ta- 

 galog) ; supsHput (Bontoc) ; mwratabdko (Union). 



The leaves are used as a vulnerary. 



Distribution : Batanes Islands to Davao, but particularly abun- 

 dant in northern Luzon. 



Genus EMILIA 

 EMILIA SONCHIFOLIA (L.) DC. TagulInau. 



A description of this species and its local names are given in 

 the section on food plants. 



A decoction of the leaves has proved very efficacious in cases 

 of fever. It is also used in combating infantile tympanites. 



Genus EN HYDRA 

 EN HYDRA FLUCTUANS Lour. 



The leaves are pressed and applied to the skin in the cure of 

 certain herpetic eruptions. 

 Distribution : Manila. 



Genus EUPATORIUM 

 EUPATORIUM TRIPLINERVE Vah] AiApAnA. 



Local names : Aiapdna (Manila) ; apdna (Tagalog) . 



The leaves in infusion are used as a sudorific and tonic, partic- 

 ularly in fevers. 



Distribution: Manila, Laguna. 



Genus GRANGEA 

 GRANGEA MADERASPATANA (L.) Poir. PakpAk6-TI-XL0G. 



Local name: Pakpakd-ti-dlog (Union). 



The leaves in infusion are used as a stomachic and antispas- 

 modic. 



Distribution: Union, Pampanga, Manila. 



Genus PTEROCAULON 

 PTEROCAULON REDOLENS (Porst. f.) F.-Vill. Sub6sUB. 



Local names: Sambong-gald' (Tagalog); samhung (Mindoro) ; sabosob- 

 a-bdlang (Pangasinan) ; subosub (Ilocos Norte). 



The leaves in decoction are used for stimulant baths. 

 Distribution : Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Benguet, Bontoc, Le- 

 panto, Isabela, Pangasinan, Bataan, Rizal, Batangas, Mindoro. 



Genus SIEGESBECKIA 

 SIEGESBECKIA ORIENTALIS L. 



Local names: Kaedeo (Batanes Islands); put (Bontoc). 



The leaves in decoction are used as an alterative and, when 

 applied in the form of lotion, as a vulnerary. 



Distribution: Batanes Islands, Abra, Benguet, Bontoc, Rizal, 

 Lanao. 



