Nursing Responsibilities

Akapulko (Cassia alata)

1. Find out why the patient is using or wants to use this herb.
2. Advise a patient to consult his health care provider before taking any herbal supplement.
3. Urge the patient to inform all health care providers, including pharmacists, about any herbal.
4. Pregnant women should not take in decoction.
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Ampalaya (Bitter Gourd)

1. Find out why the patient is using or wants to use this herb.
2. Advise a patient to consult his health care provider before taking any herbal supplement.
3. Urge the patient to inform all health care providers, including pharmacists, about any herbal.
4. Urge woman who are pregnant or breast-feeding not to take bitter melon.
5. Advise the patient to keep amounts low and not to take bitter melon for longer than 4 weeks.

Bawang (Garlic)
1. Find out why the patient is using or wants to use this herb.
2. Herbal products that contain alcohol may be inappropriate for children, patients with history
of alcoholism or liver disease, and patients who take certain drugs.
3. Advise a patient to consult his health care provider before taking any herbal supplement.
4. Urge the patient to inform all health care providers, including pharmacists, about any herbal
or dietary supplements he takes.
5. Advise a patient to stop taking garlic 1 to 2 weeks before scheduled surgery.

Bayabas (Guava)
1. Find out why the patient is using or wants to use this herb.
2. Advise a patient to consult his health care provider before taking any herbal supplement.
3. Urge the patient to inform all health care providers, including pharmacists, about any herbal.
4. Advise the patient no to eat too much guava may cause constipation.

Lagundi
1. Find out why the patient is using or wants to use this herb.
2. Advise a patient to consult his health care provider before taking any herbal supplement.
3. Urge the patient to inform all health care providers, including pharmacists, about any herbal.
4. Inform the patients to use the five-leaved varieties only.

Niyog-niyogan (Chinese honey suckle)

1. Find out why the patient is using or wants to use this herb.
2. Advise a patient to consult his health care provider before taking any herbal supplement.
3. Urge the patient to inform all health care providers, including pharmacists, about any herbal.
4. Inform patient that overdose causes hiccups.

Sambong (Ngai campor or Blemea)

1. Find out why the patient is using or wants to use this herb.
2. Advise a patient to consult his health care provider before taking any herbal supplement.
3. Urge the patient to inform all health care providers, including pharmacists, about any herbal.

Tsaang Gubat (Wild tea)

1. Find out why the patient is using or wants to use this herb.
2. Advise a patient to consult his health care provider before taking any herbal supplement.

3. Urge the patient to inform all health care providers, including pharmacists, about any herbal.

Yerba Buena (peppertmint)

1. Advise a patient to consult his health care provider before taking any herbal supplement.
2. Advise parents not to place peppermint oil on an infants or child face, especially around he
nares, because it may cause glottal or bronchial spasm.
3. If the patients is taking peppermint for irritable bowel syndrome or another bowel disorder,
make sure hes using enteric coated capsules.
4. Urge the patient to follow up with his health care provider if his symptoms fail to to improve in
reasonable length of time.
5. Warn the patient that placing peppermint oil on the skin may cause inflammation.