In the early age, humans started using medicinal plants to cure different illness. The Philippines also uses medicinal plant and it has been passed through from generations to generations. The use of these medicinal plants remain as an alternative method to modern healing practices though the advancement of technology particularly in modern scientific healing is more preferable nowadays. However, these plants have to be scientifically tested to prove their use for therapeutic purposes. The modern practice of medicine today incorporates the use of medicinal plants such as Leucaena leucocephala Lam (ipil-ipil) and Carica papaya (papaya).
Parasitic infection is one of the burdens that people are facing. They have greatly influenced man’s attitudes and decisions such as living, working, and playing activities. Man has found a lot of alternative such as different cold commercial drug over the time to get rid of these parasites, but not all people will benefit from it, like those living in different provinces far from the city and not all people living in the city can also afford to buy these commercially sold drugs for anthelminths. The Department of Health encourages Filipinos to go back to traditional modes of treatment like the use of herbal medicines which is approved by them. (pinoybusiness.org,2009).
The sole purpose of this study is to determine whether Leucaena leucocephala Lam (ipil-ipil) can contest the antihelmentic activity of Carica papaya (papaya) that will be organically produce, cheap and may be found anywhere in the Philippines.
This will stimulate the researcher to observe antihelmintic effect of as Leucaena leucocephala Lam (ipil-ipil) and Carica papaya (papaya) seed with the use of Gallus domesticus (native chicken). Indeed, this research is concerned to conduct a study of a practical alternative replacement for synthetic drugs for anthelmintic