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
         
 

"Anrabuy" Worm (Tau-buid Mangyan)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Rheumatism   Urine Oriental Mindoro (Tribe Tau-Buid)
         
 

(a) Artamisa (b) herba-buena (c) lakad-bulan

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(a) Artemisia vulgarisL. (b) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (c ) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC

(a) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (b) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (c) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English)

pasma  leaves for each Mindoro
         
 

(a) Banaba with (b) luni

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(a) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

spitting of blood  (a) bark (b) roots Mindoro
         
 

(a) Bawang with (b) artamisa (c) lakad-bulan (d) luya (e) sibuyas (f) lemonsito

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(a) Allium sativumL. (b) Artemisia vulgarisL. (c ) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (d) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (e) Allium cepaL. (f) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle

(a) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) (b) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (c) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (d) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (e) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English) (f) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English)

rheumatism  (a) cloves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) rhizome (e) bulb (f) fruit Mindoro
         
 

(a) Bawang with (b) luya (c) siling-labuyo

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(a) Allium sativumL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Capsicum annuum var. annuumL.

(a) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) with (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Siling labuyo (Filipino); Hot pepper; Cayenne pepper (English)

rheumatism  (a) cloves (b) rhizome (c) fruit Mindoro
         
 

(a) Bayabas with (b) lakd-bulan (c) artamisa

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Artemisia vulgarisL.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)

dysentery  (a) top leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Mindoro
         
 

(a) Bayabas with (b) santol (c) kawilan

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Sandoricum koetjape(Burm. f.) Merr. (c ) Euphorbia atotoG. Forst.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Santol (Filipino) (c) Tairas (Filipino)

cholera  (a) leaves (b) bark (c) root Mindoro
         
 

(a) dulao with (b) lapunaya (c) sibuyas

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(a) Curcuma longaL.(b ) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (c ) Allium cepaL.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Mayana (Filipino) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

kulebra  (a) rhizome (b) leaves (c) bulb Mindoro
         
 

(a) dulao with (b) oregano (c) kalamunggay

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Plectranthus amboinicus(Lour.) Spreng. (c ) Moringa oleiferaLam.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Oregano (Filipino); Mexican mint (English) (c) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English)

abortifacient  (a) rhizome (b) leaves (c) leaves Mindoro
         
 

(a) kapa dela reyna with (b) sambak

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(a) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (b) Tamarindus indicaL.

(a) Mayana (Filipino) (b) Sampalok (Filipino); Tamarind (Engllish)

swelling chest  (a) leaves (b) leaves Mindoro