TAWA-TAWA TEA: AN ALTERNATIVE HERBAL

MEDICATIONPresented By: Riggie Niko G. Flores

Ideza Orilla

Rudolph Jann Gelaga

BSN II-Levine

PURPOSE To provide an alternative herbal medication

to those poor people who can’t afford to buy medicines.

To provide an alternative herbal medication that is easy to make & costs cheaply than medicines.

To provide an alternative herbal medication that can treat different kinds of diseases/ conditions, such as dengue, conjunctivitis, fever, chronic dysentery, & many more.

To provide an alternative herbal medication that is palatable & at the same time has a lot of benefits & uses.

PROCEDURES Materials used: 5 to 6 full whole Tawa Tawa plants

(specifically leaves) Clean Water Boiling pan Knife Sugar (1 ½ tsp.) Teaspoon Teapot

Methods: Take a full whole Tawa Tawa leaves. Cut off the roots. Wash and clean. Fill your boiling pot with clean water. Boil the Tawa Tawa for 1 (one) minute in a

slow rolling boil. Pour the tawa tawa water and let cool. Let the sick/ill person drink only the tawa tawa

juice for 24 hours. Sip 1 to 1.5 glasses of tawa tawa juice every 1

hour

CONCLUSION Gatas-gatas is a slender-stemmed, annual hairy plant with many branches from the base to the top, spreading up to 40 cms tall, reddish or purplish in color. Leaves are opposite, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, distichoous, 1 to 2.5 cms long, blotched with purple in the middle, toothed at the edge. Involucres are numerous, purplish to greenish in color, dense, axillary, short-stalked clusters or crowded cymes, about 1 mm in length. Capsules are broadly ovoid, hairy, three-angled, about 1.5 cms.

Constituents and properties- Studies have isolated gallic acid, quercetin, triacontane, cetyl alcohol, phytosterin, phytosterolin; jambulol, melissic, palmitic, oleic, and linoleic acid.- Phytochemicals screenings have yielded alkaloids, essential oil, phenols, sterol, flavones and fatty acids.- Flavonoids: euphorbianin, leucocyanidol, camphol, quercitrin and quercitrol.

PropertiesConsidered anti-asthmatic, antidote, anti-spasmodic, anthelmintic, antidysenteric, diuretic, expectorant, pectoral, hemostatic, sedative, soporific.

Benefits:• Anti-Diabetic / Lipid Effect: Study of ethanolic extracts of leaf, flower and stem on streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice showed significant reduction in blood glucose levels. Biochem effects showed significant decreases in serum cholesterol with elevation of HDL. Results showed EH has antidiabetic action and suggests further study for isolation of responsible compound.• Antibacterial: (1) Antibacterial Activities And Toxicological Potentials Of Crude Ethanolic Extracts Of Euphorbia hirta: The study showed the ethanolic extract to inhibit the growth of test isolates except Salmonella typhi. The antibacterial effect was attributed to the presence of alkaloids, tannins and flavonoids which have been shown to have antibacterial properties. The results support its use in traditional medicine. (2) Study on the antibacterial effect of compounds extracted from C sinensis and the methanol extract of E hirta against dysentery causing Shigella spp showed the extracts to be non-cytotoxic and effective antibacterial agents.• Diuretic: Euphorbia hirta leaf extracts increase urine output and electrolytes in rats: Studty suggests that the active components in the water extract of E. hirta leaf had similar diuretic effect as that of acetazolamide. The results validate its traditional use as a diuretic by the Swahilis and Sukumas.• Anti-Allergic: Inhibition of early and late phase allergic reactions by Euphorbia hirta L: Study demonstrated that E. hirta possessed significant activity to prevent early and late phase allergic reactions.

• Anthelmintic: Anthelmintic efficacy of the aqueous crude extract of Euphorbia hirta Linn in Nigerian dogs: Extract of E. hirta Study reduced the fecal egg count of the helminths and suggests a potential as an anthelmintic agent.• Antihypertensive / ACE Inhibition: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibiting and anti-dipsogenic activities of Euphorbia hirta extracts: Study showed the extract from leaves and stems inhibited the activity of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). • Anxiolytic: Euphorbia hirta showed an activity profile different from that of benzodiazepines. Study showed a central depressant and sedating effect with no hypnotic or neuroleptic effects.• Antidiarrheal: Study investigated the antidiarrhoeic activity of Euphorbia hirta extract. An active flavonoid constituent, quercitin, was isolated; it show anti-diarrheic activity• Antibacterial / Antifungal: The ethanol extract was analyzed for antimicrobila activitity against S aureus, B cereus, S typhi, K pneumonia, P aeruginosa and fungus species A niger, A fumigatus, A flavus and R oryzae. Study of leaves isolated tannins, flavonoids, alklaloids, glycosides, proteins, sterols and saponins. Antimicrobial activity was attributed to one of these constituents. Leaves collected from August to December showed more significant antimicrobial activity.

• Galactogenic: E hirta study in female guinea pigs increased the development of mammary glands and induced secretion.• Antifertility: E hirta has been shown to decrease sperm motility, density of cauda epididymal and testis sperm suspension with 100% infertility.• Anti-Malarial / Flavonol Glycosides: Study of aerial parts isolated flavonol glycosides afzelin, quercitin and myricitrin. The three compounds showed inhibition of proliferation of Plasmodium falcifarum.• Anti-Inflammatory: n-hexane extract of aerial parts and its main triterpene constituents showed significant and dose-dependent anti-inflammatory activity.• Anticancer / Antiproliferative: (1) Studies of extracts of E hirta have shown selective cytotoxicity against several cancer line. (2) Extracts screened showed anti-proliferativce activities against normal mouse fibroblast cells.• Antioxidant: Studies of methanol and water extracts showed antioxidant activities comparable to that of green and black teas

Other uses:* Juice used for colics.* Used to Dengue hemorrhagic fever which is a much feared disease caused by a virus carried via mosquito bites. Dengue causes hemorrhaging of the internal organs to a point that it causes death. Western medicine, the common hospital does not have a cure for Dengue. * Juice used as ophthalmic drops for conjunctivitis or ulceration of the cornea.* Infusion or tea of the plant, 4 glasses daily, for bronchits and labored breathing, asthma, chronic dysentery.* Used for boils and wounds.* Decoction of dry plant used for skin disease.* Decoction of fresh plant used as gargle for the treatment of thrusth.* Decoction of the root used to allay vomiting, chronic diarrheas, and fevers. * Root decoction also beneficial for nursing mothers deficient in milk: 4-5 glasses of tea.* The same root decoction as an enema for constipation.* Root used for snake bites.* Used in sores, wounds, boils. As ear drop for pustular swellings in the ear.

RECOMMENDATIONS: The product is recommended in for people in the community

who can’t afford to buy medicines since this product is easy to make & its ingredients/ materials used are affordable/ cheap. This product is to be distributed in the community especially in rural areas in which delivery of medicines is limited due to lack of transportation.

The product is also recommended to be used in hospitals especially in urban/ city areas since there are also people who experience the aforementioned conditions/ illness that are not well off people, so this can serve as an economical support for this people & it is much effective compared to medicines. Also well off people can still avail this kind of product.

The product is also recommended in health centers so people can have an easy access to this kind of alternative herbal medication. Also to have a cheap medication as this, health centers are in need of products like this since medicines are scarce & limited due to the government issues.

Here is a photo of the Tawa Tawa or some people call Gatas Gatas:

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