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
         
 

Ulayan (Bis.)

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Leea sp.

Common name not provided

 All types of illneses or ailment  Roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Ungali (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

 Bughat (a little more than relapse)  Stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Uway (Bis.) with (b) malawmaw (Bis.) and (c) lagikaw (Bis.)

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(a) Calamus (b) Not provided (c) Medinilla sp.

Common name not provided

 Pasmo sa kusog (overworked)  Stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Abgaw nga kahoy (Bis.) with (b) oregano (Bis.) and (c) dalapot (Bis.)

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(a) Premna odorata (b) Coleus aromaticus Benth. (c) Blumea balsamifera

(a) Alagaw (Tag.); fragrant premna (Engl.) (b) Suganda (Tag.); country borage (Engl.); indian borage (Engl.) (c) Sambong (Tag.); blumea camphor (Engl.); ngai camphor(Engl.); handalapot (Bis.)

Cough   (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Abokado (Bis.) with (b) Kaimito (Bis.) and (c) Lomboy (Bis.)

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(a) Persea americana (b) Chrysophyllum cainito Linn. (c) Syzygium cuminii

(a) Avocado (Engl.) (b) Kaymito (Bis.); caimito (Tag.); star apple (Engl.) (c) Duhat (Tag.); java plum (Engl.)

Headache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Banaba (Bis.) with (b) Yahong-yahong (Bis.), (c) Sinaw-sinaw (Bis.) and (d) Pangubol (Bis.)

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(a) Lagerstroemia speciosa (b) Centella Asiatica (c) Peperomia pellucida (d) Not provided

(a) Banaba (Bis.); queen carpe myrle (Engl.) (b) Takip-kohol (Tag.); taingan-daga (Tag.); pennyworth (Engl.); spade leaf (Engl.) (c) Pansit-pansitan (Tag.); olasiman-ihalas (Tag.); clear weed (Engl.); shiny bush (Engl.) (d) Not provided

Kidney trouble  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Banban (Bis.) with (b) Badbaran (Bis.) and (c) Sulbaran (Bis.)

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(a) Donax cannaeformis (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

(a) Bonbon (Tag.); manban (Tag.); Common donax (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

Maladies caused by "witchcraft" like daot, paktol, barang  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Bangkal (Bis.) with (b) Kawilan (Bis.), (c) Mantaawi (Bis.), (d) Buli-buli (Bis.) and (e) Bolongang balagon (Bis.)

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(a) Nauclea orientalis (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh. (e) Not provided

(a) Bulabangkal (Bis.); cheesewood (Engl.); leichhardt tree (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Kalayo (Tag.); rusty sapindus (Engl.) (e) Not provided

Bughat (a little more than relapse)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem (e) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Bangkal (Bis.) with (b) Malawmaw (Bis.), (c) Lagikaw (Bis.) and (d) Tugas hamol-aw (Bis.)

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(a) Nauclea orientalis (b) Not provided (c) Medinilla sp. (d) Vitex sp.

(a) Bulabangkal (Bis.); cheesewood (Engl.); leichhardt tree (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided

Pasmo sa kusog (overworked)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Bunga with (b) lime

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(a) Areca catechuL. (b) Not provided

(a) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (b) Apog

abortifacient  (a) leaves (b) - Siquijor
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