Kalfgang (Bla.)
© Compendium of Medicinal Plants of Mount Matutum Protected Landscape, Mindanao, Philippines
© Compendium of Medicinal Plants of Mount Matutum Protected Landscape, Mindanao, Philippines
Scientific Name
Ficus nota Merr.
Family
Other Local Names
Lanom
Mode of Preparation
Claims/Usage
Utilized Part
Roots, fruit, bark, leaves
Methods of Preparation & Administration
- To treat hemorrhoids:
- Pound fruits of kalfagang and 10 lumbang fruits together.
- Add lana (coconut oil), wrap in a banana leaf, and heat.
- Have the patient crouch over the heated wrap to expose hemorrhoids to the smoke for 10 minutes.
- Repeat 3 times daily (morning, noon, evening).
- To treat rashes or German measles:
- Pound young leaves of kalfagang and buyu leaves (p. 63).
- Rub the mixture onto the affected skin.
- Alternative method: Boil the roots in water and drink the decoction.
- To treat boils:
- Burn the bark to ashes.
- Apply the ashes directly onto the boil.
- To treat breast cancer:
- Peel the skin/bark from branches and wash with hot water.
- Press the bark against the affected breast(s) from morning to afternoon.
- Repeat daily with fresh bark until cured.