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) Biasang (Vis.) mix with (b) tanglad (c) ginger

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(b) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (c ) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Biasang (b) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (c) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

gas pain  (a) fruit; (b) leaves (c) rhizome Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Buri mix with (b) banana (c) anonang

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(a) Metroxylon saguRottb. (b) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.) (c ) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst.

(a) Buri (Filipino); Sago palm (English) (b) Saging (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English) (c) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English)

abortifacient  (a) petiole (b) petiole (c) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Dalupang (Chab.) mix with (b) dila-dila sairo (c) palad-palad

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(a) Urena lobata L. (b) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr. (c ) Not provided

(a) Dalupang (Filipino); Caesarweed; Hibiscus burr (English); Mangkit (Tagalog) (b) Dila-dila (Filipino); Buhok-virgin (Tagalog) (c) Palad-palad

gas pain  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Hierba sta. maria mix with (b) antamisa (Ilongo)

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(a) Artemisia vulgarisL. (b) Not provided

(a) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (b) Not provided

skin diseases  (a) leaves (b) leaves Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Dila-dila sairo mix with (b) dalupang (Chab.) (c) palad-palad

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(a) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr. (b) Urena lobata L. (c ) Not provided

(a) Dila-dila (Filipino); Buhok-virgin (Tagalog) (b) Dalupang (Filipino); Caesarweed; Hibiscus burr (English); Mangkit (Tagalog) (c) Palad-palad

gas pain  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Dita mix with (b) banagan (c) tagitang (d) banawak (e) cacao-cacao (f) salibadbad (g) anonang (Vis)

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(a) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br. (b) Smilax bracteata C.Presl (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Crinum asiaticumL. (g) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst.

(a) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English) (b) Banag (Filipino); Banagan (Bis.) (c) Tagitang (d) Banawak (e) Cacao-cacao (f) Bakong (Filipino); Poisonbulb (English); Salibadbad (IL.Bis.) (g) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English)

relapse after childbirth  (a) bark (b) vine (c) bark (d) rhizome (e) roots (f) vine (g) bark Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Kisul mix with (b) romero

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(a) Kaempferia galanga L. (b) Rosmarinus officinalisL.

(a) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English) (b) Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English)

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) leaves Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Granada mix with (b) mangosteen

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(a) Punica granatumL. (b) Garcinia mangostanaL.

(a) Granada (Filipino); Pomegranate (English) (b) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English)

diarrhea  (a) fresh fruit (b) dried exocarp Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Labnog mix with (b) tagun (c) alum

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(a) Ficus septica Burm.f. (b) Indigofera suffruticosaMill. (c ) Melanolepis multiglandulosa(Reinw. ex Blume) Rchb. f. & Zoll.

(a) Hauili (Filipino) (b) Tayum (Filipino); Anil de pasto (English) (c) Alim (Filipino); Alum (Bikol)

sore eyes  (a) dried roots (b) dried roots (c) dried roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Menta mix with (b) romero (c) culantro (Chab.)

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(a) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (b) Rosmarinus officinalisL. (c ) Coriandrum sativumL.

(a) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (b) Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English) (c) Uan-suy (Filipino); Coriander (English); Kulantro (Tagalog)

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Zamboanga