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
         
 

Labdan

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bath for newly delivered mothers  leaf Leyte
         
 

(a) Madbad mix with (b) suha (c) lagundi (d) aslum (Waray) (e) lakdan (f) kalunggay (g) tanglad (h) adgao

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(a) Not provided (b) Citrus maxima(Burm. f.) Merr. (c ) Vitex negundoL. (d) Not provided (e) Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn. (f) Moringa oleiferaLam. (g) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (h) Premna odorataBlanco

(a) Not provided (b) Suha (Filipino); Grape-fruit pummelo; Shaddock; Pomelo (English) (c) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English) (d) Not provided (e) Lagtang (Filipino) (f) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English) (g) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (h) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English)

bath for newly delivered mothers  all leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Suha mix with (b) aslum (Waray) (c) lagundi (d) madbad (e) lakdan (f) kalunggay (g) tanglad (h) adgao

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(a) Citrus maxima(Burm. f.) Merr. (b) Not provided (c ) Vitex negundoL. (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Moringa oleiferaLam. (g) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (h) Premna odorataBlanco

(a) Suha (Filipino); Grape-fruit pummelo; Shaddock; Pomelo (English) (b) Not provided (c) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English) (d) Not provided (e) lakdan (f) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English) (g) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (h) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English)

bath for newly delivered mothers   all leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Talipangan mix with (b) tanglad (c) kilala (d) kalampisaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (c ) Cordyline fruticosa(L.) A. Chev (d) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (c) Tungkod-pare (Filipino); Tigplant (English); Baston de San Jose (Spanish (d) Not provided

bath for newly delivered mothers  all leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Dugusay mix with (b) chinamot

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

beri-beri  (a) bark (b) bark Leyte
         
 

Gabi

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Colocasia esculenta(L.) Schott

Gabi (Filipino); Taro; Coco yam; Wild taro (English)

bleeding wounds  stalk Leyte
         
 

(a) Karanyan mix with (b) malobago

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(a) Campylospermum angustifolium (b) Talipariti tiliaceum(L.) Fryxell

(a) Barsik (Filipino) (b) Malabago (Filipino)

body pains  (a) leaves (b) leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Karanyan mix with (b) malobago

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(a) Campylospermum angustifolium (b) Talipariti tiliaceum(L.) Fryxell

(a) Barsik (Filipino) (b) Malabago (Filipino); Malubago (Tagalog; Bikol)

body pains  (a) leaves (b) leaves Leyte
         
 

Clavo (Waray/ Cbno.)

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Plectranthus amboinicus(Lour.) Spreng.

Oregano (Filipino); Mexican mint (English)

boil  leaves Leyte
         
 

Dalamutan

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Not provided

boil  bark Leyte