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) Antamisa (Ilongo) mix with (b) hierba sta. Maria

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(a) Not provided (b) Artemisia vulgarisL.

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

skin diseases  (a) leaves (b) leaves Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Antoanga mix with (b) gabon (c) baho-baho (d) manzanilla (e) suetes (f) sibukas (g) unod sa banag

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(a) Not provided (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Lantana camaraL. (d) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (e) Bixa orellanaL. (f) Not provided (g) Not provided

(a) Antoanga (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English); Gabon (Ceb) (c) Lantana (Filipino); Largeleaf lantana (English); Baho-baho (Ceb) (d) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (e) Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English) (f) Sibukas (g) Unod sa banag

no menstruation for one year  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) corm Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Unod sa banag mix with (b) Gabon (Chab.) (c) baho-baho (d) manzanilla (e) suetes (f) sibukas (g) antoanga

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(a) Not provided (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Lantana camaraL. (d) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (e) Bixa orellanaL. (f) Not provided (g) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Lantana (Filipino); Largeleaf lantana (English); Baho-baho (Ceb) (d) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (e) Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English) (f) Sibukas (g) Antoanga

no menstruation for one year  (a) corm b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Pandangara(Vis.) mix with (b) chichirica

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(a) Not provided (b) Catharanthus roseus(L.) G. Don

(a) Not provided (b) Tsitsirika (Filipino); Madagascar periwinkle (English)

diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) leaves Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Pandangara(Vis.) mix with (b) chichirica

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(a) Not provided (b) Catharanthus roseus(L.) G. Don

(a) Not provided (b) Tsitsirika (Filipino); Madagascar periwinkle (English)

purgative  (a) leaves (b) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Makapala (Vis.) mix with (b) kalingag (c) banagan

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(a) Not provided (b) Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm. (c ) Smilax bracteata C.Presl

(a) Makapala (b) Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English) (c) Banag (Filipino); Banagan (Bis.)

gas pain  (a) wood (b) wood (c) bark Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Cenaguli (Tausug) mix with (b) Bicad-bicad (Sul.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Not provided (b) Crowsfoot grass; manienie ali'I; Silver crabgrass; Wiregrass; Indian goosegrass Goosegrass (English)

for general condition of the body  (a) roots (b) roots 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) Banay-banay (Vis.) mix with (b) kogon (c) hanlilibang (d) dalaputkila (e) abgaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Premna odorataBlanco

(a) Not provided (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (c) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English)

Use as bath after childbirth to bring mother to her normal state.  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Hanlilibong mix with (b) kogon (c) abgaw (d) dalaputkila (e) banay-banay (Vis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (c ) Premna odorataBlanco (d) Not provided (e) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (c) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (d) Not provided (e) Not provided

Use as bath after childbirth to bring mother to her normal state.  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Zamboanga