Garmeric -Mc Skin Herbal Oi

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

"Around the world, our ancestors have a lot ofknowledge about the folkloric alternative medicinal plant. Traditional medicine has been practiced since the old times in different culture throughout the world. In addition, it has been an essential part of human evolution and development. This study aimed to produce and determine the acceptability of Garmeric-MC Skin Herbal Oil, Specifically, In the Philippines, alternative medicinal plants are considered to be one of its natural living treasures. The Philippine archipelago is abundantly fertilized that any plant like different kinds of the alternative medicinal plant can grow easily. Most of the alternative medicinal plants can be prepared by boiling, decoctions and extracting juices.

METHODS

The experimental research design was employed in testing the acceptability of Garmeric -MC skin herbal oil product. All the data gathered were analyzed using Non-Parametric Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and were treated using Weighted Mean and Standard Deviation.

RESULTS

The study revealed that the overall acceptability of Garmeric-MC Skin Herbal Oil in terms of appearance (x= 3.82), odor (x= 3.67), texture (x= 4.06), packaging (x= 4.08) and safety (x= 3.98) was interpreted as acceptable. There was significant difference on the rating on safety of the Garmeric-MC skin herbal oil as perceived by the three group respondents which obtain a mean score of 4.35 as for the teacher, housewives on the other hand rated 4.13 and students 3.83 with the F -ratio 4.901 and p-value of 0.012 with a remark "Significant" . The safetyof Garmeric -MC Skin Herbal Oil is significant because not all people can be pleased to trust the product. Laboratory Tests also divulged significant information about the Garmeric-MC Skin Herbal Oil that every main ingredient found in the product had a high content against back e r ial (staphylococcus aureus) which is good to fight an-an and o t her skin p roblem s.

DISCUSSIONS

Garmeric M-C skin herbal oil is a combination of freshly extracted garlic, turmeric, made cacao leaves which serve as the base ingredients of the skin herbal oil. These are highly active property against bacterial, fungal and other skin problem. The researcher aims to make an effective and cheaper alternative medicinal plant product that is beneficial to health specifically for skin diseases.

Herbal oil is composed of different herbal plants that generally contain medicaments and are intended to be applied externally to the body. Garlic, turmeric and Madre cacao in the country are always available and abundant almost all year round. The antibacterial and antifungal skin herbal oil made from Garmeric M-C can greatly help everyone who relies on alternative medicine for skin problems.