Toothache Relief Using Toob: An Investigation of Folk Medicine in Siquijor Island, Philippines

Abner A. Bucol

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Toothache Relief Using Toob: An Investigation of Folk Medicine in Siquijor Island, Philippines

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Abner A. Bucol Silliman University Angelo King Research and Environment Center

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folk-healing, herbs, Datura, Siquijor, analgesic

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Toob is practiced by a folk healer or herbolario in Siquijor Island in Central Philippines as means of curing toothache, utilizing the smoke from the heated seeds of the herb Datura metel (locally katyubong) and fine roots of unidentified herbs and shrubs.

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2022-10-07

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Bucol, A. A. (2022). Toothache Relief Using Toob: An Investigation of Folk Medicine in Siquijor Island, Philippines. Silliman Journal, 49(2). Retrieved from https://su-journal.su.edu.ph/index.php/sj/article/view/211

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