Quiz on Republic Act 8423 (TAMA)

Republic Act 8423, also known as TAMA, was authored by which senator?

• Miriam Defensor-Santiago

• Juan Flavier

• Franklin Drilon

• Pia Cayetano

When was RA 8423 (TAMA) approved?

• 1995

• 1996

• 1997

• 1998

What government body was created under RA 8423?

• DOH Research Institute

• PITAHC

• Bureau of Herbal Studies

• Philippine Institute of Medical Plants

The main purpose of PITAHC is to:

• Promote only modern Western healthcare

• Import foreign medicines

• Advocate, develop, promote indigenous healthcare practices

• Ban traditional medicine

According to WHO, traditional medicine is defined as:

• Use of synthetic drugs for illness

• Knowledge and practices indigenous to cultures for maintaining health and treating illness

• Exclusive use of herbal teas

• Use of alternative therapies without evidence

Herbal medicine refers to:

• Use of synthetic vitamins

• Use of plants or their derivatives for treatment

• Only massage therapies

• Exclusive spiritual rituals

Complementary medicine is defined as:

• Using herbal medicine only

• Combination of traditional and conventional methods

• Purely modern drugs

• Purely spiritual healing

In herbal preparation, boiling recommended plant parts in water for 20 minutes is called:

• Infusion

• Decoction

• Poultice

• Tincture

Soaking plant parts in hot water like tea (10–15 minutes) is called:

• Infusion

• Decoction

• Tincture

• Massage

Applying plant parts directly to the affected area, such as for bruises or wounds, is:

• Tincture

• Infusion

• Poultice

• Decoction