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) Santol (Bis.) with (b) abokado (Bis.) and lomboy (Bis.)

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(a) Sandoricum koetjape (b) Persea americana (c) Syzygium cuminii

(a) Cotton fruit (Engl.); lolly fruit (Engl.); santol (Tag.) (b) Avocado (Engl.) (c) Duhat (Tag.); java plum (Engl.)

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

(a) Mayanang puti (Bis.) with (b) Mayanang kuyanap (Bis.), and (c) Mayanang pula (Bis.)

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(a) Coleus blancoi (b) Coleus blumei (c) Coleus scutellarioides (L.) benth

(a) Daponaya (Bis.); mayana (Bis.) (b) Dafronaya (Span.); mayana (Bis.) (c) Malaina (Tag.); mayana (Bis.)

Burns; itcheness; eczema; boils  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Dulaw lalag with (b) kesol and (c) lubi

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(a) Curcuma longa Linn. (b) Kaempferia sp. (c) Cocos nucifera Linn.

(a) Dilaw (Tag.); luyang-dilaw (Tag.); turmeric (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Niyog (Tag.); coconut (Engl.)

Ugahip (herpes); sore  (a) rhizome (b) rhizome (c) flesh Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Dulaw lalag (Bis.) with (b) luy-a tapol (Bis.) and (c) banglay (Bis.)

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(a) Curcuma longa Linn. (b) Amomum zingeber (c) Curcuma domestica

(a) Dilaw (Tag.); luyang-dilaw (Tag.); turmeric (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Tumeric (Engl.)

Rheumatism  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Dita (Bis.) with (b) tubang pula (Bis.)

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(a) Alstonia scholaris (b) Jatropha curcas

(a) Dita (Tag.); bitter Bark (Engl.) (b) Tubang-bakod (Tag.); Tuba-tuba (Bis.); Big purge nut; Physic nut; Barbados (Engl.)

Inflammatory condition caused by a fungus  (a) latex (b) latex Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Lomboy with (b) abokado and (c) bayabas

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(a) Syzygium cuminii (b) Persea americana (c) Psidium guajava

(a) Duhat (Tag.); lomboy (Bis.), java plum (Engl.) (b) Avocado (Engl.) (c) Gueva (Engl.)

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

(a) Halom pula (Bis.) with (b) eskobang mayawis (Bis.) and (c) mayanang kuyanap (Bis.)

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(a) Amaranthus paniculatus (b) Sida acuta (c) Coleus blumei

(a) Halon (Tag.); red amaranth (Engl.) (b) Common wireweed (Engl.); escobang-haba (Tag.) (c) Dafronaya (Span.); mayana (Bis.)

Eczema  Leaves 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) Kaningag (Bis.) with (b) tabog hangin (Bis.) and (c) kulinos kahoy (Bis.)

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

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

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

(a) Kaningag (Bis.) with (b) salingkapaw (Bis.) and (c) lagundi (Bis.)

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(a) Cinnamomum zeylanicum breyn. (b) Euphorbia hirta (c) Vitex negundo

(a) Kalingag (Tag.); cinnamon (Engl.); kalingag tree (Engl.) (b) Snake weed (Engl.); botobotones (Tag.); marangatas (Tag.); botonis (Tag.) (c) Chinese chastetree (Engl.); lagundi (Tag.,Bis.)

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