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

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (c ) Not provided (d) Ehretia philippinensis A.DC. (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) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (c ) Pulang tikog (d) Alibungog (Filipino) (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) Bayabas mix with (b) santol ( c) abukado (d) caimito (e) tambis (f) masanitas

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

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

diarrhea  leaves (3 pcs. each) Cebu
         
 

(a) Granada mix with (b) atis (c ) bayabas

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

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

vomiting and diarrhea  roots Cebu
         
 

(a) Santol mix with (b) abukado (c) bayabas (d) caimito (e) tambis (f) masanitas

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

(a) Santol (Filipino) (b) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (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 ) Cebu
         
 

(a) Dawa mix with (b) cogon

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(a) Setaria italica(L.) P. Beauv. (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Dawa (Filipino); Common millet; Italian bristle grass; Italian foxtail; Foxtail bristlegrass; Foxtail millet (English) (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

stomachache  seeds Cebu
         
 

(a) Banag mix with (b) lamon-lamon

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(a) Smilax leucophylla Blume (b) Not provided

(a) Sarsaparilyang puti (Filipino) (b) Not provided

nabinat sa panganganak  (a) roots (b) wood Cebu
         
 

(a) Noog-noog mix with (b) hamon-o (c) busikad (d) salingkapaw (e) kalidades (f) langalang

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(a) Solanum donianumWalp. (b) Not provided (c ) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (d) Euphorbia hirtaL. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided

(a) Malatalong (Filipino); Mullein nightshade (English) (b) Hamon-o ( c) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (d) Gatas-gatas (Filipino); Australian asthma weed; Pillpod sandmat (English); Salingkapaw (e) Kalidades (f) Langalang

headache  leaves for each Cebu
         
 

(a) Lumboy mix with (b) rosas de papel ( c) atis

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(a) Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels (b) Not provided (c ) Annona squamosaL.

(a) Duhat (Filipino); Black plum; Java plum (English); Lumboy (Ceb.) (b) Rosas de papel ( c) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English)

diarrhea  roots Cebu
         
 

(a) Tambis mix with (b) abukado ( c) santol (d) bayabas (e) kaimito (f) mansanitas

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(a) Syzygium malaccense(L.) Merr. & L.M. Perry (b) Persea americanaMill. (c ) Sandoricum koetjape(Burm. f.) Merr. (d) Psidium guajavaL. (e) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (f) Ziziphus jujubaMill.

(a) Makopa (Filipino); Malaysian apple (English) (b) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) ( c) Santol (Filipino) (d) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (e) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (f) Mansanitas (Filipino)

diarrhea  3 pcs of leaves each Cebu
         
 

(a) Dalupang mix with (b) doldol ( c) mandalusang puti

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(a) Urena lobata L. (b) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. (c ) Not provided

(a) Dalupang (Filipino); Caesarweed; Hibiscus burr (English) (b) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English); Doldol (Bis.) ( c) Mandalusang puti

typhoid fever  leaves Cebu