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) kape mix with (b) mangga (c) panaguligon (d) bongon

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(a) CoffeaL. (b) Mangifera indicaL. (c ) Cratoxylum sumatranum (Jack) Blume (d) Not provided

(a) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (b) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (c) Panagulingon (Filipino) (d) Not provided

appetizer  leaves Davao
         
 

(a) kape mix with (b) mangga (c) mansanitas

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(a) CoffeaL. (b) Mangifera indicaL. (c ) Ziziphus jujubaMill.

(a) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (b) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (c ) Mansanitas (Filipino)

loose bowel movement  leaves Davao
         
 

(a) tanglad mix with (b) luya (c) sibuyas (Ceb.)

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(a) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Allium cepaL.

(a) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

fever  (a) leaves (b) rhizome (c) leaves Davao
         
 

(a) tanglad mix with (b) luya (c) sibuyas (Ceb.)

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(a) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Allium cepaL.

(a) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

rheumatism  leaves Davao
         
 

(a) tanglad mix with (b) luya (c) sibuyas (Ceb.)

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(a) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Allium cepaL.

(a) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

asthma  roots Davao
         
 

(a) tanglad mix with (b) luya (c) sibuyas (Ceb.)

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(a) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Allium cepaL.

(a) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

high blood pressure  roots Davao
         
 

(a) bila-bila mix with (b) kogon (c) mayagaw (d) busikad

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(a) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (c ) Not provided (d) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel

(a) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (c) Not provided (d) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English)

headache  roots Davao
         
 

(a) bila-bila mix with (b) tambakonhon; (c) kogon (d) tigaw (e) labnog

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(a) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (b) Not provided (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (d) Callicarpa candicans(Burm. f.) Hochr. (e) Ficus septica Burm.f.

(a) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (b) Not provided (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (d) Tigaw (Filipino) (e) Hauili (Filipino)

fever  (a) leaves (b) roots (c) shoots (d) flowers (e) shoot Davao
         
 

(a) bila-bila mix with (b) tambakonhon (c) kogon (d) tigaw (e) labnog

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(a) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (b) Not provided (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (d) Callicarpa candicans(Burm. f.) Hochr. (e) Ficus septica Burm.f.

(a) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (b) Not provided (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (d) Tigaw (Filipino) (e) Hauili (Filipino)

measles  (a) leaves (b) roots (c) shoots (d) flowers (e) shoot Davao
         
 

(a) gatas-gatas mix with (b) bila-bila (c) cogon (d) busikad

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(a) Euphorbia hirtaL. (b) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (d) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel

(a) Gatas-gatas (Filipino); Australian asthma weed; Pillpod sandmat (English) (b) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis) (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (d) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English)

headache  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Davao