Sambong

Common Names:
English: Blumea camphor, Ngai camphor
Ilocano: Sob-sob, Subusub, Subsob
Tagalog: Sambong
Visaya: Alibum, Alimon, Ayoban, Bukodkud, Dalapot, Gabuen, Gintin-gintin, Kambibon, Lalakdan

Folkloric uses:

Leaves as poultice for abscesses.

Decoction of roots and leaves for fevers and cystitis.

Sitz-bath of boiled leaves, 500 gms to a ballon of water, for rheumatic pains of waist and back.

Applied while hot over the sinuses. Used for wounds and cuts.

Fresh juice of leaves to wounds and cuts.

Poultice of leaves to forehead for headaches.

Tea is used for colds and as an expectorant; likewise, has antispasmodic and antidiarrheal benefits.

Postpartum baths.

Decoction of leaves, 50 gms to a pint of boiling water, 4 glasses daily, for stomach pains.