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) 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) 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) Hanonom-o (Bis.) with (b) halom pula (Bis.) and (c) tulog-tulog pula (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Amaranthus paniculatus (c) Breynia sp.

(a) Not provided (b) Halon (Tag.); Red amaranth (Engl.) (c) Red coffee-bush (Engl.); iron range breynia (Engl.)

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

(a) Atay-atay (Bis.) with (b) Halom pula (Bis.) (c) Mayanang puti (Bis.) and (d) Hugalpo (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Amaranthus paniculatus (c) Coleus blancoi (d) Crassocephalum crepidioides

(a) Not provided (b) Halon (Tag.); Red amaranth (Engl.) (c) Daponaya (Bis.); Mayana (Bis.) (d) Redflower ragleaf (Engl.)

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

(a) Alibongog (Bis.) with (b) Halom pula (Bis.) and (c) Hanonom-o (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Amaranthus paniculatus (c) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Halon (Tag.); red amaranth (Engl.) (c) Not provided

Fever and cold  (a) newly-sprout leaf (b)leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Mala-mala (Bis.) with (b) gahi-gahi (Bis.) and (c) bayabas (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Amaranthus paniculatus Breynia sp. (c) Psidium guajava

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Gueva (Engl.)

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

(a) Bugnay (Bis.) with (b) sibukaw (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Caesalpinia sappan

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

Diabetes  (a) stem (b) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Kabuhay (Bis.) with (b) kaningag (Bis.) and (c) tabog hangin (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Cinnamomum zeylanicum breyn. (c) Goniothalamus sp.

(a) Not provided (b) Kalingag (Tag.); cinnamon (Engl.); kalingag tree (Engl.) (c) Not provided

Kabuhi (combination of severe, headache, vomiting)  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Pangasam or samsamon (Bis.) with (b) oregano and (c) lagundi

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(a) Not provided (b) Coleus aromaticus Benth. (c) Vitex negundo

(a) Not provided (b) Suganda (Tag.); oregano (Engl.); country borage (Engl.); indian borage (Engl.) (c) Chinese chastetree (Engl.); lagundi (Tag.,Bis.)

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

(a) Bintoko (Bis.) with (b) ulingon (Bis.) and (c) tangolamos (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Cratoxylum sumatranum (c) Melicope sp.

(a) Not provided (b) Guyong-guyong (Tag.); kansilay (Tag.); lakansilay (Tag.) (c) Not provided

For women who recently undergone child delivery   Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
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