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Lantana is a hairy, spiny, aromatic shrub. The leaves are ovate, acuminate, and toothed. Many flower heads are seen in peduncles, including the corollas which are about 3 cm in diameter. The corollas are white, pink, yellow or red. The fruits are ovoid on a fresh receptacle. They turn purple-black in color when they are mature. It grows in thickets, wasted lands and is also grown as an ornamental plant in some gardens.
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Lagundi is a common medicine shrub in the Philippines, and grows wild in many places like Mt. Banahaw. The use of Lagundi for medicinal purposes has a long history in the Philippines. The Philippine Department of Health has certified Lagundi as a medicinal plant for treatment in cases of colds, flu, pharyngitis, and asthma. Today, pharmaceutical companies sell it in tablet form at drug stores. A new cough syrup for children made from Lagundi is also on the market now. These products are approved by the Bureau of Food and Drugs.
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The Leaf of Life 08/21/2010
 
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A rapid growing juicy herb. Leaves are thick, fleshy and simple or compound in pairs on reddish stems.

Plantlets grow along the notches of the leaf margins which can develop while still attached to the plant or when detached, a  fascinating characteristic that earns its name.

Flowers are about 5 cm long, nodding, dangling and bell-shaped, greenish or yellowish, reddish by the stems.
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Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a much feared disease caused by a virus carried via mosquito bites. Dengue causes hemorrhaging of the internal organs to a point that it causes death. Western medicine does not offer a cure for dengue. It merely says that treatment is supportive and all you need to do is pray that the dengue victim is strong enough to fight the virus.

But here in the Philippines, many people know and have attested to the fact that they and many others have been cured of dengue via a simple weed. This weed is called Gatas-Gatas in the province of Leyte. But in Butuan City they call it Tawa-Tawa.
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