From root: pito
Usage Note
Pito-pito is a traditional Filipino herbal tea blend whose name reflects its classical composition of seven medicinal plants — commonly including bayabas, sambong, and yerba buena. It is a staple of Filipino folk medicine, widely sold in markets and pharmacies, and associated with treating colds, coughs, and digestive complaints.
Examples
" Gusto mo ba ng pito-pito? "
Natural Translation
Do you want some herbal tea?
Literal Translation
Want you question of pito-pito?
" Uminom ako ng pito-pito para sa aking ubo. "
Natural Translation
I drank seven-ingredient herbal tea for my cough.
Literal Translation
Drank I of pito-pito for my cough.
" Sa tuwing sinisipon ako, ipinagluluto ako ng nanay ko ng mainit na pito-pito bago matulog sa gabi. "
Natural Translation
Whenever I have a cold, my mother cooks me hot seven-ingredient herbal tea before sleeping at night.
Literal Translation
In every having-cold I, cooks-for me of mother my of hot that pito-pito before to-sleep at night.
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