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) Katog mix with (b) nanagan (c) sales sa labuyo (Subanon)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

fatigue  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Katuray mix with (b) rice grains

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(a) Sesbania grandiflora(L.) Pers. (b) Oryza sativaL.

(a) Katuray (Filipino); Vegetable hummingbird (English) (b) Bigas (Filipino); Rice grains; Rice (English)

boil  (a) tops (b) grains Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Katuray mix with (b) rice grains

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(a) Sesbania grandiflora(L.) Pers. (b) Oryza sativaL.

(a) Katuray (Filipino); Vegetable hummingbird (English) (b) Bigas (Filipino); Rice grains; Rice (English)

kulebra  (a) tops (b) grains 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) Kokogbanog mix with (b) bila-bila (c) busicad (d) palova (e) bulugon (f) lupi (g) bayabas (h) mangosteen (i) mango (j) manzanilla (k) hilbas (l) japana (all Vis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (c ) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Phragmites australis(Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (g) Psidium guajavaL. (h) Garcinia mangostanaL. (I) Mangifera indicaL. (j) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (k) Artemisia vulgarisL. (l) Not provided

(a) Kokogbanog (b) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis) (c) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (d) Palova (e) Bulugon (f) Tambo (Filipino); Common reed (English) (g) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (h) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English) (I) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (j) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (k) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English); Hilbas (Ceb) (l) Japana

no appetite  (a) roots (1 pc.) (b) roots (1 pc.) (c) roots (1 pc.) (d) leaves (1 pc.) (e) petiole (5 in. long) (f) youngest leaf (1 pc.) (g) leaves (3 pcs.) (h) leaves (2 pcs.) (i) leaves (2 pcs.) (j) roots (1 pc.) (k) roots (1 pc.) (l) roots (1 pc.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Kulinos (Vis.) with (b) tabon-hangin (c) buloganan (d) paha-uli (e) albutra

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.)

one to two months of pregnancy with gas pains and vomiting  (a) wood (b) wood (c) wood (d) wood (e) wood 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) Latundan mix with (b) bulungan (c) kamias (Vis.)

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(a) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.) (b) Not provided (c ) Averrhoa bilimbiL.

(a) Saging/Latundan (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English) (b) Not provided (c) Kamias (Filipino); Bilimbi (English)

stomachache  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Likway mix with (b) ganda (c) maragaya (Vis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng. (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English) (c) Not provided

headache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) grains Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Lupi mix with (b) kokogbanog (c) busicad (d) palova (e) bulugon (f) bila-bila (g) bayabas (h) mangosteen (i) mango (j) manzanilla (k) hilbas (l) japana (all Vis.)

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(a) Phragmites australis(Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (g) Psidium guajavaL. (h) Garcinia mangostanaL. (I) Mangifera indicaL. (j) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (k) Not provided (l) Not provided

(a) Tambo (Filipino); Common reed (English) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (g) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (h) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English) (i) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (j) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (k) Not provided (l) Not provided

no appetite  (a) roots (1 pc.) (b) roots (1 pc.) (c) roots (1 pc.) (d) leaves (1 pc.) (e) petiole (5 in. long) (f) youngest leaf (1 pc.) (g) leaves (3 pcs.) (h) leaves (2 pcs.) (i) leaves (2 pcs.) (j) roots (1 pc.) (k) roots (1 pc.) (l) roots (1 pc.) Zamboanga