Tacloban Pharmaceutical Processing and Manufacturing Plant

       The Tacloban Herbal Pharmaceutical Processing and Manufacturing Plant (THPPMP) is one of the four (4) Herbal Plants operated by the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC). The four (4) Plants are now geared towards the production into dosage forms and in commercial quantity of indigenous medicinal plants. At present, the THPPMP has the capacity to produce two (2) million tablets per month. The Plant intends to manufacture the following drugs:

a.  Lagundi Tablet (Vitex negundo) for fever, cough and asthma

b.  Sambong Tablet (Blumea balsamifera) as diuretic and anti-urolithiasis

c.  Tsaang Gubat (Carmona retusa) for intestinal hypermotility and abdominal colic

d.  Yerba Buena (Mentha cordifolia) as analgesic and antipyretic

e.  Akapulko Ointment (Casia alata) for fungal infection

f.  Ampalaya Tablet (Momordica charantia) anti-diabetes

g.  Ulasimang Bato (Peperomia pellucida) to lower blood uric acid

h.  Garlic Capsule (Allium sativum) to lower blood cholesterol

       The plant facilities consist of buildings, machineries and equipment for drying and processing of raw materials, dosage manufacturing, quality control, animal production and Bioassay for animal pharmacological and toxicological studies. The plant has a twenty-two (22) hectare land area, eleven (11) hectares of which is planted to the first batch of the five (5) priority plants to supply the plant with raw materials.

       The personnel are all local recruit who have been given special training in their respective technical jobs. The Tacloban Herbal Pharmaceutical Processing and Manufacturing Plant is therefore a major milestone in the Philippine government efforts toward self-reliance and basic pharmaceutical production from indigenous materials.

       To maximize its production capability, THPPMP will be purchasing a Strip Foiling Machine.

Address: Tacloban Herbal Pharmaceutical Processing and Manufacturing Plant
                Barangay Bagacay, Tacloban City 6500 Leyte

Telephone Number: (053) 520-1006

Telefax: (053) 520-1005