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
         
 

Taki

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Not provided

Not provided

abdominal pain  fruit Lanao del Sur
         
 

Bunga

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Areca catechu L.

Bunga

Abdominal pain  Fruits Alabat Island
         
 

Sarimara: Litlit (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Piper sp.

Common name not provided

 Abdominal pain  Stem or Leaves. Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Abod

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Proiphys amboinensis(L.) Herb.

Tambal (Filipino); Katangal (Bis.)

abdominal pain after delivery  leaves Bohol
         
 

Gapas a balanda

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Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English)

abdominal pain for unconscious person hit by lightning  leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Duguan (Bis.) with (b) sibukaw (Bis.) and (c) puti laya (Bis.)

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(a) Myristica sp. (b) Caesalpinia sappan (c) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Sappan (Ilk., Tag.); Sappan wood (Engl.); Indian redwood (Engl.) (c) Not provided

Abnormal menstrual bleeding  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Tuang (Bis.)

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Dracaena angustifolia

Common name not provided

 Abnormal menstrual bleeding  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Luplupiit (Ilk.)

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Abelmoschus moschatusMedik.

Katsuli (Filipino); Musk okra (English)

abnormal position of uterus  bark Nueva Ecija
         
 

Abutra

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Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr.

Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.)

abortifacient  fresh leaves and roots Benguet
         
 

Aro-o

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Casuarina equisetifoliaL.

Agoho (Filipino); Ironweed; Australian pine; Common ironwood; Horsetail casuarina; Beach she-oak; Coast she-oak (English)

abortifacient  bark Bontoc
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