The Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) ensures the ensures its accessibility, availability, sustainability and integration into the national health care system by validating that it is suited and efficient for all symptoms, situations, and diseases.

The act creates policies to safeguard natural and indigenous health resources as well as related technology. It aims to refutes and eradicate scientific research on developing traditional and alternative healthcare systems that have direct impact on public health care.

Yerba Buena, Garlic and Bayabas leaves are herbs that treats toothaches and the following are some procedures. Insert a fresh Yerba Buena’s plant’s sap in the aching tooth cavity that was soaked in a piece of cotton to relieve toothaches and to ease toothaches using garlic, pound a small piece and apply to the affected area. Boil the chopped leaves of bayabas fruit for warm decoction and use it for gargling.

Apostol’s “Ablon Chirothesia” treats back and neck problems, strain and sport-related injuries, headaches, sprains, and nerve disorders.

A type of herb that can be used as an alternative medication for anti-edema, diuretic and anti-urolithiasis.

Indigenous Filipino healing practices evolved in ___ century and the healing arts started to disappear along with other cultural practices in the __ century.

It is the culmination of all the knowledge, skill, and techniques used in the maintenance of health as well as the prevention, diagnosis, improvement, or treatment of physical and mental illness.

One of the advantages of Herbal medications is that they are always safe and healthy to take for they undergo testing laboratories. Considering that these medications utilizes natural and organic elements enables our body to undergo a short recovery period.

This act of the state is to improve the quality and delivery of health care services to the Filipino people through the development of traditional and alternative health care and its integration into the national health care delivery system.