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

Abner A. Bucol

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

Authors

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

Keywords:

folk-healing, herbs, Datura, Siquijor, analgesic

Abstract

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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Published

2022-10-07

How to Cite

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