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) Tabog hangin (Bis.) with (b) kulinos kahoy (Bis.), and (c) salngan (Bis.)

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(a) Goniothalamus sp. (b) Not provided (c) Blumeodendron philippinensi

Common name not provided

Flatulence  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Sula sa kogon (Bis.) with (b) busikad (Bis.) and (c) bila-bila (Bis.)

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(a) Imperata cylindrica (b) Cyperus kyllingia (c) Eleusine indica

(a) Not provided (b) White Kyllingia (Engl.) (c) Paragis (Tag.); wire grass (Engl.); crowsfoot (Engl.); silver crabgrass (Engl.); indian goosegrass (Engl.); goosegrass (Engl.)

Tooth grown in infant  (a) roots (b) flowers (c) flowers Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Mandalusa with (b) Tanglad or tangad

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(a) Justicia gendarussa Burm. f. (b) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf

(a) Kapanitulot (Filipino); Gandarusa (English) or Kalampaso (b) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)

bath after childbirth  (a) leaves (b) leaves Siquijor
         
 

(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) Lansones with (b) kaimito and (c) abokado

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(a) Lansium domesticum (b) Chrysophyllum cainito linn. (c) Persea americana

(a) Langsat (Engl.); lanzones (Engl.), bulahan (Bis.) (b) Kaymito (Bis.); caimito (Tag.); star apple (Engl.) (c) Avocado (Engl.)

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

(a) Sinugkulan (Bis.) with (b) sula sa kogon (Bis.)

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(a) Leea sp. (b)

(a) Not provided (b)

Tooth grown in infant  Roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Halom kahoy (Bis.) with (b) taypong pula (Bis.), (c) lagikaw (Bis.), (d) bangkal (Bis.) and (e) tugas hamol-aw (Bis.)

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(a) Macaranga gigantea (b) Ardisia sp.(c) Medinilla sp.(d) Nauclea orientalis (e) Vitex sp.

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

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time); kabuhi (combination of severe, headache, and vomiting)  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Lagikaw (Bis.) with (b) hantalabako (Bis.), (c) malawmaw (Bis.), (d) tugas hamol-aw (Bis.) and (e) taypong pula (Bis.)

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(a) Medinilla sp. (b) Solanum sp. (c) Not provided (d) Vitex sp. (e) Ardisia sp.

Common name not provided

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem (e) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Bangkoro (Bis.) with (b) Boyo (Bis.), (c) Handalusa (Bis.) and (d) Gmelina (Bis.)

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(a) Morinda citrifolia (b) Piper betle (c) Justicia gendarussa (d) Gmelina arborea Roxb.

(a) Indian mulberry (Engl.); bangkudo (Tag.); bankoro (Bis.); apatot (Tag.) (b) Betel leaf plant (Engl.); ikmo (Tag.); buyo-anis (Tag.); buyok (Tag.) (c) Kapanitulot (Tag.); tuhod-manok (Tag.); gandarusa (Engl.) (d) Beechwood (Engl.)

Sprain   (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Duguan (Bis.) with (b) sibukaw (Bis.) and (c) puti laya (Bis.)

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(a) Myristica sp. (b) Caesalpinia sappan (c) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Sappan (Ilk., Tag.); Sappan wood (Engl.); Indian redwood (Engl.) (c) Not provided

Abnormal menstrual bleeding  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan