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) Eskobang mayawis (Bis.) with (b) tulog-tulog dagko (Bis.), and (c) mayanang kuyanap (Bis.)

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(a) Sida acuta (b) Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm. f.) (c) Coleus blumei

(a) Common wireweed (Engl.); escobang-haba (Tag.) (b) Matang-hipon (Tag.); indian snowberry (Engl.) (c) Dafronaya (Span.); mayana (Bis.)

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

(a) Eskobelyang pundol (Bis.) with (b) eskobang mayawis (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Sida acuta

(a) Not provided (b) Common wireweed (Engl.); escobang-haba (Tag.)

Fever in child  (a) leaves (b) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

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

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(a) Borreria sp. (b) Not provided (c) Psidium guajava

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

Diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves 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) 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) 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) Hugalpo (Bis.) with (b) halom pula (Bis.) and (c) mayanang pula (Bis.)

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(a) Crassocephalum crepidioides (b) Amaranthus paniculatus (c) Coleus scutellarioides (L.) benth

(a) Redflower ragleaf (Engl.) (b) Halon (Tag.); Red amaranth (Engl.) (c) Malaina (Tag.); mayana (Bis.)

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

(a) Ikug-ikug with (b) dalaput (c) Bila-bila (d) Pisik (e) Konsensi

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(a) Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (d) Centipeda minima(L.) A. Braun & Asch. (e) Not provided

(a) Hikau-hikauan (Filipino); Ikug-ikug (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis) (d) Pisik (Filipino); Spreading sneezeweed (English) (e) Konsensi

fever  (a) roots (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Siquijor
         
 

(a) Kabon-kabon (Bis.) with (b) atay-atay (Bis.) and (c) kakaw (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Theobroma cacao

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Kakau (Tag.); Cacao tree (Engl.)

Hubag naay mata (open boils)  (a) Fleshy part (b) leaves (c) fruit 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