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
         
 

Bugnaw-bugnaw (Bis.)

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Gynura procumbens

Common name not provided

 Any types of illnesses or ailment  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Gumamela

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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Gumamela (Engl.); tapalonga (Tag.); antolangan (Tag.); hibiscus (Engl.)

Hubag naay mata (open boils)  Flowers Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Payawang tapol (Bis.)

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Homalomena philippinensis

Common name not provided

 Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Badjang (Bis.)

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Homalomena sp./ Colocasia esculenta

Common name not provided

 Headache  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Lagay-lagay sa amo (Bis.)

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Hydnophytum sp.

Ant plant (Engl.)

Antidote for breast cancer; tumor; goiter  Whole part of the plant; fleshy part Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Banglo (Bis.)

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Hyptis suaveolens

Common name not provided

 Diarrhea  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Tubang pula (Bis.)

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Jatropha curcas

Tubang-bakod (Tag.); tuba-tuba (Bis.); big purge nut (Engl.); physic nut (Ebgl.); barbados (Engl.)

Stomachache   Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Tubang pula (Bis.)

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Jatropha curcas

Tubang-bakod (Tag.); tuba-tuba (Bis.); big purge nut (Engl.); physic nut (Ebgl.); barbados (Engl.)

Boils; eczema  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Handalusa (Bis.)

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Justicia gendarussa

Kapanitulot (Tag.); gandarusa (Engl.)

Sprain  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Kesol (Bis.)

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Kaempferia sp.

Common name not provided

 Insect bites (fire ants, the sting from bees, and hornets)   Rhizome Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
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