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Dita, Dita mahatas, Bitok-bitok (Bis.)

Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br.

Respiratory

Herb Height: Not Provided Leaves: Not provided Flowers: Not provided Fruits: Not provided

Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Abdominal pain. Preparation: Mince and boil 1 cut of bark in two glasses of water until a glass is left. Wait until cold enough to take.. Part used: Bark | Toothache, bughat. Preparation: Cut 4 pcs bark about 1 inch per cutting, soak in 1 glass hot water for 5 minutes, after 5 minutes discard the dita cuttings. Part used: Bark | Swollen breast. Preparation: Get a sap from smooth part of the trunk, get some gabi leaves and mix it with the dita sap.. Part used: Trunk | Bughat. Preparation: Get a piece of trunk (a foot to forehead size of trunk) and get the excess part. Slice and boil.. Part used: Trunk | Abortifacient (pangpakuha). Preparation: Chop bark finely; Soak in water for 15 minutes.. Part used: Bark | Toothache. Preparation: Collect the sap from Dita trunk. Part used: Trunk | Body pain and Toothache. Preparation: Cut bark into pieces and soak in a glass of water for 3 minutes.. Part used: Bark | Labid(unending abdominal pain)Headache, Toothache. Preparation: Boil the bark about an inch size in 4 glasses of water until 1 glass of water is retained.. Part used: Bark

Preparation

Mince and boil 1 cut of bark in two glasses of water until a glass is left. Wait until cold enough to take. | Cut 4 pcs bark about 1 inch per cutting, soak in 1 glass hot water for 5 minutes, after 5 minutes discard the dita cuttings | Get a sap from smooth part of the trunk, get some gabi leaves and mix it with the dita sap. | Get a piece of trunk (a foot to forehead size of trunk) and get the excess part. Slice and boil. | Chop bark finely; Soak in water for 15 minutes. | Collect the sap from Dita trunk | Cut bark into pieces and soak in a glass of water for 3 minutes. | Boil the bark about an inch size in 4 glasses of water until 1 glass of water is retained.

Location & Habitat

REGION XI (DAVAO REGION), DAVAO DEL SUR, CITY OF DAVAO, Tropical lower montane rainforest

Research

Kinasang'an Foundation Inc: Documentation of Medicinal Plants and Healing Rituals of the Obu-Manuvu Tribe of Marilog District, Davao City.

Quick Info

Scientific Name
Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br.
Local Name
Dita, Dita mahatas, Bitok-bitok (Bis.)
Family
Apocynaceae
Category
Respiratory
Collected By
Buatan,J
Date Collected
Jun 23, 2018