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                    [ArticleID] => 184879
                    [Title] => Malunggay supplement helps breastfeeding
                    [Summary] => Malunggay, the leafy vegetable often found in favorite Filipino recipes, is actually a medicinal plant that has health benefits. 


Malunggay also has its own folkloric use with its leaves being used by our ancestors to enhance breast milk production among breastfeeding mothers. It was also used as a rubefacient, antiscorbutic, diuretic and remedy for rheumatism.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 83635 [Title] => ‘Sambong’ good for kidney problems [Summary] => Laboratory and clinical studies recently revealed that sambong – a medicinal plant found in the Philippines – is safer than many manufactured medicines sold over the counter.

Sambong
has been proven to be an effective diuretic and can increase a patient’s urine volume by an average of 60 percent. The plant enhances the body’s natural ability to increase urine volume and thus, helps get rid of excess body fluids.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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