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) Kalawag mix with (b) kopaya (c) talong (d) gapas a balanda (e) maraw (f) rambiyawa

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Carica papayaL. (c ) Solanum melongenaL. (d) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. (e) Not provided (f) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English); Kopaya (c) Talong (Filipino); Eggplant (English) (d) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English); Gapas a balanda (e) Maraw (f) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Rambiyawa

for every recovery after childbirth  (a) rhizome (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kalawag mix with (b) lubi

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

dandruff  rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kalawag mix with (b) mangoaw (c) salimbago

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Conyza bonariensis(L.) Cronquist (c ) Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Tagabili (Filipino); Asthmaweed; Wavy-leaf fleabane; Flax-leaf fleabane; Hairy fleabane (English) (c) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English); Salimbago

loose bowel movement  (a) rhizome (b) leaves (c) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kalawag mix with (b) tambis (c) mangga (d) badak

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Ficus minahassae (Teijsm. & Vriese) Miq. (c ) Mangifera indicaL. (d) Artocarpus heterophyllusLam.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Hagimit (Filipino); Tambis (C.Bis.) (c) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (d) Langka (Filipino); Jackfruit (English); Badak

cholera  (a) rhizome of young plant (b) young leaves (c) young leaves (d) young fruit Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kamir mix with (b) kalawag

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(a) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. (b) Curcuma longaL.

(a) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English) (b) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English); Kalawag (Mbo.;Bis.)

diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) bark Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kamir mix with (b) loya pagirisen

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(a) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. (b) Not provided

(a) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English) (b) Loya tidek

cough  (a) leaves (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kamir mix with (b) loya pagirisen

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(a) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. (b) Not provided

(a) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English) (b) Loya tidek

convulsion  (a) leaves (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kamir mix with (b) loya tidek

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(a) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. (b) Not provided

(a) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English) (b) Loya tidek

for a person hit by lightning to regain consciousness  (a) roots (b) roots Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kapal mix with (b) denggaw

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(a) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (b) Not provided

(a) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (b) Not provided

fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kaperek-perek mix with (b) kasep a nipay (c ) albaka

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl

(a) Kaperek-perek (b) Kasep a nipay (c ) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English); Albaka (P.Bis.)

fever with cough  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Lanao del Sur