Lagundi Farm: From Sinumpang Lupa to Promised Land

There’s this ad about a herbal medicine that I was so fascinated about. I was all about this Lagundi herbs that could cure cough for kids and adult alike, but the first question would be: What is Lagundi?

Scientifc Name : Vitex Negundo

Also knows as:
Dabtan (If.) Dangla (Ilk.) Kamalan (Tag.) Lagundi (Ibn., Tag., Bik., P. Bis.) Liñgei (Bon.) Limo-limo (Ilk.) Sagarai (Bag.) Turagay (Bis.) Five-leaved chaste tree (Engl.) Huang Ching (Chin.) Agno-casto (Spanish)

Lagundi (scientific name: Vitex negundo) is a large native shrub that grows in the Philippines and has been traditionally used as herbal medicine. The Philippine Department of Health has conducted research and study for Lagundi and has suggested that the lagundi plant has a number verifiable therapeutic value

Lagundi is an erect, branched tree or shrub, that grows to as much as 5 m high. Lagundi has a single thick, woody stem like a trunk and is usually seen in swamps of the Philippines. Lagund leaves appear palmately, in the form of five pointed leaves which splay out like the fingers of a hand. Lagundi leaves are 5-foliate, rarely with 3 leaflets only. Lagundi leaves are 4-10 cm long, slightly hairy beneath. The lagundi flowers are blue to lavender, 6-7 mm long bearing fruit globose of about 4mm in diameter that turns black when ripe.

You could say that I’m shifting my lifestyle, turning to nature for wellness and health. With so many pollution and radicals that my family is facing everyday, it seems that the answer to all of these should come from nature itself. But then how sure am I with the products that I have been taking or should take in the future. My curiosity was answered not just my mere facts but by an actual visit to the plantation itself. Together with other mommy blogger and dad, I was given the opportunity to see the actual plantation of Ascof Lagundi. Located almost at the foot of Sierra Madre in Sta Rosa Nueva Ecija, the farm was managed by Leonie Agri Corporation (LAC Farms). What used to be a “Lupang Sinumpa” or cursed land, barren land is now the primary producer of the one of the leading cough remedy brands in the country.  The Promised Land had gone through so many trials but with God as the center of all things, nothing could go wrong.

These 42-hectare farm with its lush , verdant landscape grows not only lagundi but organically grown malunggay, ampalaya and sambong which parent company Pascual Laboratories harvest for its award winning products.

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Mommy Lariza with her full gown during the visit to its laboratory

LAC President Engr. Jun Saret

LAC General Manager Andy Parducho

One of the information that I gathered during the trip is how Ascof Lagundi provides not only a remedy for cough, but help locals from the area to earn and gain access to better lives.

When we use Ascof Lagundi, not only do they protect their family from illness in the  healthiest way possible, they also advocate preservation of the environment, as well as uplift Lagundi farming communities

Ascof Lagundi is made form All-natural Lagundi Leaves and is commercially available in ponkan, Methol, and Strawberry flavored 60-ml and 120-ml syrup variants. It also comes in 300-mg. and Forte 600-mg tablets.

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