Philippine Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health

- Philippine plants and natural products used traditionally -

The photos and videos showing the knowledge and practices were obtained with full consent from informants belonging to various communities where the researches were conducted. Any information, photo, or video from this study to be used for further academic research or commercial purposes should have the free and prior informed consent of the knowledge-owners. The knowledge-owners in any of the researches in this website should be properly acknowledged and cited if information, photos, or videos in the research will be used. Any commercial benefits which may arise from the utilization of the people’s traditional knowledge, photos, or videos should be shared with the said knowledge-owners or the community.[1]

Ang mga litrato at bidyo na naglalarawan ng kaalaman at kaugaliang pangkalusugan ay kusang ibinahagi ng mga kinapanayam mula sa ilang mga pamayanan sa mga lugar kung saan ginanap ang pagsaliksik. Kung nais gamitin para sa pananaliksik o komersyal na layon ang anumang impormasyon, litrato, at bidyo rito, nararapat na humingi muna ng pahintulot mula sa tao o pamayanang nagmamay-ari ng kaalaman. Ang indibidwal o pamayanan ay may karapatan sa anumang kalalabasan o komersyal na benepisyo na maaaring magmula sa paggamit ng kanilang minamay-aring kaalaman, litrato, o bidyo. Kung nais gamitin o banggitin sa isang ulat ang anumang impormasyon, litrato, o bidyo na mababasa/makikita rito, nararapat na isulat ang pamayanan o taong pinagmulan ng kaalaman at ang ulat na ito bilang pinagkunan ng datos, litrato, o bidyo.[1]

[1] Batay sa Elisabetsky and Posey (1994) na binanggit sa Posey and Dutfield 1996. Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. p.48.

The list below is a compilation of plants and natural products from documented tkdl researches conducted in the various regions in the Philippines.

LOCAL NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME INDICATION PLANT PART USED PROVINCE / AREA
         
 

(a) Luya mix with (b) dilaw (c) makabuhay

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(a) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (b) Curcuma longaL. (c ) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson

(a) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (b) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English) (c) Makabuhay (Filipino)

stomachache  (a) rhizome (b) rhizome (c) vine Batangas
         
 

(a) Mais mix with (b) talahib (c) kawayan-kawayanan (d) kogon

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(a) Zea maysL. (b) Saccharum spontaneumL. (c ) Not provided (d) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (b) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English) (c) Kawayan-kawayanan (d) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

diuretic  (a) tassel (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Batangas
         
 

(a) Lagundi mix with (b) suob-kabayo (c) sambong (d) damong maria

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(a) Vitex negundoL. (b) Hyptis suaveolens(L.) Poit. (c ) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (d) Artemisia vulgarisL.

(a) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English) (b) Suob-kabayo (Filipino); Bush-tea-bush; Pignut (English) (c) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (d) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves Batangas
         
 

(a) Lagundi combine with (b) sambong (c) Sabya (Tag.) (d) amuyong

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(a) Vitex negundoL. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Piper retrofractumVahl (d) Goniothalamus amuyon (Blanco) Merr.

(a) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Litlit (Filipino); Javanese long pepper (English) (d) Amuyong (Filipino)

polio   (a) leaves (b) roots (c) roots (d) fruit Batangas
         
 

(a) Balatong mix with (b) mutha (c) uray

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(a) Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek (b) Cyperus rotundusL. (c ) Amaranthus spinosusL.

(a) Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English); Balatong (Tagalog; Ifugao; Ibanag; Iloko) (b) Mutha (Filipino); Cocograss; Purple nutsedge; Nutgrass (English) (c) Uray (Filipino); Amaranth; Pigweed; Spiny amaranth (English)

fever  (a) 5 seeds (b) 10 rhizome (c) 10 fruit Batangas
         
 

(a) Dilang-usa mix with (b) sigang dagat

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(a) Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br. (b) Ludwigia peploides ssp. glabrescens(Kuntze) P.H. Raven

(a) Dilang-usa (Filipino) (b) Sigang-dagat (Filipino); Floating primrose-willow (English)

usog  (a) whole plant (b) whole plant Batangas
         
 

(a) Dilang-usa mix with (b) sigang dagat

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(a) Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br. (b) Ludwigia peploides ssp. glabrescens(Kuntze) P.H. Raven

(a) Dilang-usa (Filipino) (b) Sigang-dagat (Filipino); Floating primrose-willow (English)

fever  (a) whole plant (b) whole plant Batangas
         
 

(a) Makabuhay mix with (b) luya (c) dilaw

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(a) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Curcuma longaL.

(a) Makabuhay (Filipino) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English)

stomachache  (a) vine (b) rhizome (c) rhizome Batangas
         
 

(a) Duhat mix with (b) caimito

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(a) Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels (b) Chrysophyllum cainitoL.

(a) Duhat (Filipino); Black plum; Java plum (English) (b) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English)

diarrhea  fresh leaves of both plants Batangas
         
 

(a) Santol mix with (b) suma (c) dita (d) kalatsutsi

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(a) Sandoricum koetjape(Burm. f.) Merr. (b) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (c ) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br. (d) Plumeria rubraL.

(a) Santol (Filipino) (b) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (c) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English) (d) Kalatsutsi (Filipino); Temple flower; Frangipani; Templetree (English)

malaria  (a) bark (b) vine (c) bark (d) bark Batangas