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) atis with (b) guyabano; (c) avocado

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(a) Annona squamosaL. (b) Annona muricataL. (c ) Persea americanaMill.

(a) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English) (b) Guyabano (Filipino); Soursop (English) (c) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English)

cough and colds  leaves Cagayan
         
 

(a) avocado with (b) bayabas

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(a) Persea americanaMill. (b) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) roots Cagayan
         
 

(a) avocado with (b) malmalukong

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(a) Persea americanaMill. (b) Nothopanax fruticosum (Linn.) Miq.

(a) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (b) Papua (Filipino); Cut-leaved panax (English); Malmalukong (Ilokano)

loose bowel movement  leaves Cagayan
         
 

(a) bamboo with (b) aplas (c) pan-aw

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(a) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

ulcer  roots Cagayan
         
 

(a) barisanga with (b) bakabaka ( Ilk.) (c) dangla ( Ilk.) (d) bagas ( Ilk.)

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(a) Cyperus rotundusL. (b) Not provided (c ) Vitex negundoL. (d) Not provided

(a) Mutha (Filipino); Cocograss; Purple nutsedge; Nutgrass (English); Barisanga (Iloko) (b) Bakabaka (c) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English); Dangla (Ilk.) (d) Bagas

pasma  (a) rhizome (b) leaf tops (c) leaf tops (d) leaves Cagayan
         
 

(a) boa mix with (b) niog galimba (Ilk.)

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(a) Areca catechuL. (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

for retention of fetus  roots Cagayan
         
 

(a) boa mix with (b) niog galimba (Ilk.)

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(a) Areca catechuL. (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

hypertension  roots Cagayan
         
 

(a) bogbogayong (Ilk.) mix with (b) tamarind (c) bayabas (d) sobosob (e) calamias

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(a) Not provided (b) Tamarindus indicaL. (c ) Psidium guajavaL. (d) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (e) Averrhoa bilimbiL.

(a) bogbogayong (b) Sampalok (Filipino); Tamarind (Engllish) (c) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (d) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (e) Kamias (Filipino); Bilimbi (English); Kalamias (Tag)

pasma  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Cagayan
         
 

(a) busbusilak with (b) flower of male papaya

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(a) Tabernaemontana pandacaquiPoir. (b) Carica papayaL.

(a) Pandakaki (Filipino) (b) Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English)

inflammation of the spleen  leaves Cagayan
         
 

(a) coconut with (b) tabwal (bamboo) (c) Dalukdok (Bon.) (d) kulot-kulot (e) bawang (f) pina

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(a) Cocos nuciferaL. (b) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss (c ) Chrysopogon aciculatus(Retz.) Trin. (d) Triumfetta rhomboideaJacq. (e) Allium sativumL. (f) Ananas comosus(L.) Merr.

(a) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English) (b) Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English) (c) Amorseko (Filipino); Love-grass; Golden false beardgrass; Golden beardgrass; Mackie's pest; Seed grass (English) (d) Kulotkulot (Filipino); Chinese burr; Burr bush; Paroquet bur; Diamond burrbark (English) (e) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) (f) Pinya (Filipino); Pineapple (English)

pasma  (a) meat (b) leaves (3) (c) whole plant (d) whole plant (e) bulb (1) (f) leaves (2) Cagayan