Affordable Natural Medicine

This episode is a continuation of the previous episode wherein we recall our experience of natural healing provided by grandparents and parents many years ago. The Philippine government during the time of late DOH Sec. Juan Flavier established the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PhITAHC) to institutionalize the promotion of the first 10 plants and herbs as medicinal based on a rigorous process of experimentation.

Laudato Si reminds us that human life is grounded in three fundamental intertwined relationships: with God, our neighbor, and our planet's home. Within these three sets of relationships, there is exchange, dependency, meaning, limits, and mutual benefit.