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
         
 

San Francisco

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Codiaeum variegatum(L.) Rumph. ex A. Juss.

Garden croton (English); San Francisco (Spanish)

bali  leaves Cebu
         
 

(a) Abukado mix with (b) santol ( c) bayabas (d) caimito (e) tambis (f) masanitas

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(a) Persea americanaMill. (b) Sandoricum koetjape(Burm. f.) Merr. (c ) Psidium guajavaL. (d) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (e) Ficus minahassae (Teijsm. & Vriese) Miq. (f) Ziziphus jujubaMill.

(a) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (b) Santol (Filipino) ( c) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (d) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (e) Hagimit (Filipino); Tambis (C.Bis.) (f) Mansanitas (Filipino)

diarrhea  leaves (3 pcs. each) Cebu
         
 

(a) Sali-argao mix with (b) biga

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(a) Premna odorataBlanco (b) Alocasia macrorrhizos(L.) G. Don

(a) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (b) Biga (Filipino)

pampaligo sa batang bagong panganak  (a) leaves (b) leaves Cebu
         
 

(a) Alibungog mix with (b) anonang ( c) pulang tikog (d) bayabas (e) ham-o (f) kalidades (g) busikad (h) malagaya (I) tabako (j) kamunggay

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(a) Ehretia philippinensis A.DC. (b) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (c ) Not provided (d) Psidium guajavaL. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (h) Oryza sativaL. (I) Nicotiana tabacumL. (j) Moringa oleiferaLam.

(a) Alibungog (Filipino) (b) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) ( c) Pulang tikog (d) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (e) Ham-o (f) Kalidades (g) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (h) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (I) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (j) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English); Kamunggay (Ceb.)

vomiting and diarrhea  (a) young leaves (b) young leaves ( c) young leaves (d) young leaves (e) flowers (f) flowers (g) flowers (h) grains (I) ash (j) bark Cebu
         
 

(a) Anonang mix with (b) alibungog ( c) pulang tikog (d) bayabas (e) hamon-o (f) kalidades (g) busikad (h) malagaya (I) tabako (j) kamunggay

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Ehretia philippinensis A.DC. (c ) Not provided (d) Psidium guajavaL. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (h) Oryza sativaL. (I) Nicotiana tabacumL. (j) Moringa oleiferaLam.

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Alibungog (Filipino) ( c) Pulang tikog (d) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (e) Hamon-o (f) Kalidades (g) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (h)Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (I) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (j) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English); Kamunggay (Ceb.)

vomiting and diarrhea  (a) young leaves (b) young leaves ( c) young leaves (d) young leaves (e) flowers (f) flowers (g) flowers (h) grains (I) ash (j) bark Cebu
         
 

(a) Anonang mix with (b) gapas-gapas ( c) bila-bila

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Not provided (c ) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Gapas-gapas ( c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis)

fever  (a) bark (b) roots (c ) core of stems Cebu
         
 

(a) Anonang with (b) labnog ( c) pag-ulingon (d) panhinoy (e) duguan

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Ficus septica Burm.f. (c ) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb. (d) Not provided (e) Myristica simiarum A. DC.

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) with (b) Hauili (Filipino); Labnog (P.Bis.) ( c) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English); Pag-ulingon (d) Panhinoy (e) Tanghas (Filipino); Duguan (C.Bis.)

nabinat sa panganganak  roots for each Cebu
         
 

(a) Busikad mix with (b) anonang ( c) pulang tikog (d) bayabas (e) ham-o (f) kalidades (g) alibungog (h) malagaya (I) tabako (j) kamunggay

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(a) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (b) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (c ) Not provided (d) Psidium guajavaL. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Ehretia philippinensis A.DC. (h) Oryza sativaL. (I) Nicotiana tabacumL. (j) Moringa oleiferaLam.

(a) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (b) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) ( c) Not provided (d) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (e) Not provided (f) Kalidades (g) Alibungog (Filipino) (h) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (I) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (j) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English)

vomiting and diarrhea  (a) young leaves (b) young leaves ( c) young leaves (d) young leaves (e) flowers (f) flowers (g) flowers (h) grains (I) ash (j) bark Cebu
         
 

(a) Atis mix with (b) bayabas (c ) granada

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(a) Annona squamosaL. (b) Psidium guajavaL. (c ) Punica granatumL.

(a) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English) (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (c ) Granada (Filipino); Pomegranate (English)

suka't tae   roots Cebu
         
 

(a) Atis mix with (b) luya

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(a) Annona squamosaL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

cough  roots Cebu