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) Siligon de castilla (Vis.) mix with (b) corn (c) bamboo

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(a) Not provided (b) Zea maysL. (c ) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss

(a) Not provided (b) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (c) Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English)

kidney trouble  (a) flower (b) hair (c) root Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Maragaya mix with (b) orchid (c) mayana

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(a) Not provided (b) Zeuxine strateumatica(L.) Schltr. (c ) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Maragaya (b) Orchid; Soldier's orchid (English) (c) Mayana (Filipino)

high fever  (a) grains (b) flower (c) leaves Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Handilibon (Vis.) mix with (b) ginger

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(a) Not provided (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Not provided (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

swelling of joints  (a) leaves (b) rhizome 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) Burakan mix with (b) tiparak (Subanon)

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(a) Operculina turpethum(L.) Silva Manso (b) Not provided

(a) Bangbangaw (Filipino); Indian jalap; St. Thomas lidpod (English); Burakan (S.L.Bis) (b) Tiparak

wounds  (a) bark (b) bark 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
         
 

(a) Paminta mix with (b) garlic (c) ginger

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(a) Piper nigrumL. (b) Allium sativumL. (c ) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Paminta (Filipino); Black pepper (English) (b) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) (c) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

rheumatism  (a) seeds (b) bulb (c) rhizome Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Paminta mix with (b) tanglad (c) ginger

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(a) Piper nigrumL. (b) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (c ) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Paminta (Filipino); Black pepper (English) (b) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (c) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

rheumatism  (a) seeds (b) stem (bark) (c) rhizome Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Mayana mix with (b) damong Maria

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(a) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (b) Artemisia vulgarisL.

(a) Mayana (Filipino) (b) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)

late menstruation  (a) leaves (b) leaves Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Mayana (puti) mix with (b) Maragaya

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(a) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (b) Not provided

(a) Mayana (Filipino) (b) Not provided

measles  (a) leaves (3 pcs.) (b) leaves (3 pcs.) Zamboanga