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
         
 

1 Anduduket (Tagakaolo), Dalupang (Tagalog) 2 Gapas (Bisaya), Bulak (Tagalog)

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1 Urena lobata L. 2 Gossypium?hirsutum?L., Gossypium barbadense L.

1 Caesar weed (English), Dalupang (Filipino) 2 Cotton (English), Bulak (Filipino)

For severe diarrhea and vomiting, grabe nga kalibanga og suka  Roots and Young leaves Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Atay-atay (Tagakaolo) , Mayana (Bisaya) 2 Angkakalang (Tagakaolo) Gabon (Bisaya), Sambong (Tagalog) 3 Lagundi (Tagalog)

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1 Plectranthus?scutellarioides ?(L.) R.Br. 2 Blumea balsamifera (L.) 3 Vitex negundo L.

1 Coleus (English), Dafronaya (Spanish), Mayana (Filipino) 2 Blumea camphor (English), Sambong (Filipino) 3 Five-leaved chaste tree (English), Lagundi (Filipino)

For cough, para sa ubo (Tagalog, Bisaya)   Roots and Leaves Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Balayo (Tagakaulo) 2 Lawaan (Tagakaulo) 3 Tugas (Tagakaulo)

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1 Uncollected 2 Uncollected 3 Uncollected

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For convulsion, para sa grabeng hilanat  Bark Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Balayo (Tagakaulo) 2 Lawaan (Tagakaulo) 3 Tugas (Tagakaulo)

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1 Uncollected 2 Uncollected 3 Uncollected

Not provided

For convulsion, para sa grabeng hilanat  Bark Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Bawing (Tagakaulo), Balanoy (Tagalog) 2 Kalabo (Tagakaolo, Bisaya), Suganda (Tagalog)

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1 Ocimum basilicum L. 2 Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.

1 Sweet basil (English), Balanoy (Filipino) 2 Country borage (English), Oregano (Spanish), Suganda (Filipino)

For colds, para sa sip-on  Young leaves Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Bilay (Tagakaulo), Tulay (Bisaya) 2 Gapas (Tagakaulo, Bisaya)

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1 Bidens pilosa L. 2 Gossypium hirsutum L.

1 Beggar ticks (English), Spanish needles (English) 2 Cotton (English), Bulak (Filipino)

For cultural ailment "salabet"  Flower and Leaves Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Bilbugay (Tagakaolo) 2 Lawaan (Tagakaolo) 3 Tugas (Tagakaolo) 4 Lumbiya (Tagakaolo)

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1 Leucosyke capitellata (Poir) Wedd. 2 Genus indet. 3 Genus indet. 4 Genus indet.

1 Toothscrubbber (English), Alagasi (Filipino) 2 Not provided 3 Not provided 4 Not provided

To increase mother's milk production for the baby to gain weight, pampatambok sa bata  Root and Shoot Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Dalagangan (Tagacaulo) 2 Anduduket (Tagakaolo), Dalupang (Tagalog)

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1 Uncollected 2 Urena lobata L.

1 Not provided 2 Caesar weed (English), Dalupang (Filipino)

For diarrhea and vomiting, para sa kalibanga og suka  Roots Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Gan (Tagakaulo), Panapanarahan, Payang-payang (Tagalog) 2 Uwag (Tagakaolo)

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1 Moghania strobilifera (L.) St. Hil 2 Uncollected

1 Luck plant (English), Wild hops (English), Payang-payang (Filipino), Panapanarahan (Filipino) 2 Not provided

For body pain, pamaol sa lawas  1 Root, Fruit, Young leaves 2 Young leaves, Roots 3 kulating sa amag (balay sa anay) (magbitay na murag pisi) Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Gapas (Bisaya), Bulak (Tagalog) 2 Sikalig (Tagakaolo), Apatot (Tagalog)

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1 Gossypium?hirsutum?L., Gossypium barbadense L. 2 Morinda citrifolia L.

1 Cotton (English) 2 Indian mulberry (English), Noni (English), Apatot (Filipino)

For UTI (kidney)  Roots Davao - Tagakaolo
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