ALUM or Piedras ALUMBRE 1 oz to 1 lb It is a natural mineral sulphate that acts incredibly well as deodorant and cicatrizante. It is especially indicated in sensitive skins and/or allergic people al deodorant. Es un sulfato mineral natural que actúa increíblemente bien como desodorante y cicatrizante. Está especialmente indicado en pieles sensibles y/o personas alérgicas al desodorante.

Instead of disguising with the perfume the smell of the transpiration, in reality prevents it leaving a layer of minerals on the skin that destroy the bacteria that causes the smell of the transpiration.

During centuries has been utilized to avoid the irritation of the skin after the shaved and to close the small courts. As well as to calm the irritation of the skin after the depilation.

-To dampen and to apply directly on the skin.

• Does Not it contain alcohol • does Not contain perfume • does Not contain any toxic chemical substance • do Not they cause irritation of the skin. • Does Not stain the clothes.

TAWAS (Philippine translation and Use)

TAWAS (alum) has found many applications, both urban and rural. In the urban-suburban areas, it is used as an axillary deodorant, as local therapy to herpetic sores and a variety of pruritic or irritated skin disorders, as a laundry scent, and as a preventive measure for excessive sweating of the hands and feet.

TRADITIONAL FOLK USE in the Philippines

In the rural areas, its use is in the purview of the albularyo for a variety of febrile conditions, a child's incessant crying or failure to thrive. In these situations, the use is ritualistic. The TAWAS is used to 'cross' (sign of the cross) the forehead and other suspicious or ailing parts of the body as prayers are being whispered (bulong). It is then placed on glowing embers, removed when it starts to crack, then transferred to a small receptacle of water. As it cools, its softened form spreads on the water surface and assumes a shape that may suggest the cause of the illness, often one of several indigenous forces: dwarfs, devils or other evil spirits (na-nuno, na-kulam, na-demonyo). The water in the vehicle is then used to anoint the ailing part or parts of the body to counteract the evil forces or illness. The tawas is then discarded and thrown westward, preferably into the setting sun.

Some arbularyos use tawas extensively, in diagnosis and treatment, even in the absence of the ailing patient who might be unable to make the trip to the healer. In his stead, a piece of recently worn clothing, usually a shirt or upper garment, is brought to the arbularyo. The healer crosses the garment with a small piece of tawas, then performs a "bulong" (whispers a prayer) on the tawas-piece, then places it on the edge of a small metal dish of fiery embers, intermittently sprinkled with ground insenso-kamanyang (a combination of chinese incense and tawas). The dish edge may contain as many as 20 pieces of tawas material, each from a different patient consulting for diagnosis and treatment. 10 to 15 minutes later, the tawas is lifted out of the smoldering dish and the arbularyo makes a diagnosis suggested by the shape the tawas has taken in the process of burning. The diagnosis, sans patient, may run a gamut of illnesses, from stomach ulcers, stress, infections, spells, goblins or other mischievoous and evil spirits. Depending on diagnosis, the arbularyo might prescribed prescription pharmaceuticals or, to counter spirits and spells, an olio of herbs or indigenous material, rest assured, empowered by anting-antings or incorporated with doses of prayers (bulong) and counterspells.

Blue or green tawas A blue or green variety obtained from the Mount Banahaw areas, is believed to be specially effective in countering the effects of "lason" or "dawdaw." The source of the "poison" is from an egg that has been buried and allowed to rot for a year. The finger tip nail is scratched on the egg surface acquiring the "poison", then surreptitiously dipped in a glass of beverage, water or alcohol. "Lason" (poison) or "dawdaw" (dipping) is manifested with acute upper gastrointestinal complains of nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. The malady may also be induced by a cigarette that has been "poisoned" on the puffing end.

Treatment: Green or blue tawas is ground and mixed in half a glass of drinking water and drank.



En vez de enmascarar con el perfume el olor de la transpiración, en realidad lo previene dejando una capa de minerales sobre la piel que destruyen la bacteria que causa el olor de la transpiración.

Durante siglos ha sido utilizada para evitar la irritación de la piel después del afeitado y cerrar los pequeños cortes. Así como para calmar la irritación de la piel después de la depilación.

-Humedecer y aplicar directamente sobre la piel.

-Duración 5 años.

• No contiene alcohol • No contiene perfume • No contiene ninguna sustancia química tóxica • No causan irritación de la piel. • No mancha la ropa.