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
         
 

Palag-tiki

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Cyperus rotundusL.

Mutha (Filipino); Cocograss; Purple nutsedge; Nutgrass (English)

consumptive TB  roots Aklan
         
 

Abagay

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Not provided

Not provided

colic  stem Aklan
         
 

Abayao

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Not provided

Not provided

colic  leaves Aklan
         
 

Amuyong

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Goniothalamus amuyon (Blanco) Merr.

Amuyong (Filipino)

colic  seed Aklan
         
 

(a) Apog (b) buyo (c) bunga (d) salimunog (e) balatong

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(a) Not provided (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Areca catechuL. (d) Not provided (e) Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek

(a) Apog (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (d) Not provided (e) Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English)

colic  (a) lime (b) leaves (c) nuts (d) leaves (e) leaves Aklan
         
 

Asiotes

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Bixa orellanaL.

Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English)

colic  leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Badyawan (b) tagum (c) helba-malipueon (d) kusol (e) bayawas (f) helba-manengasenga (g) adgaw (h) payaw

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(a) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (b) Indigofera suffruticosaMill. (c ) Not provided (d) Kaempferia galanga L. (e) Psidium guajavaL. (f) Not provided (g) Premna odorataBlanco (h) Not provided

(a) Makabuhay (Filipino) (b) Tayum (Filipino); Anil de pasto (English) (c) Not provided (d) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English) (e) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (f) Not provided (g) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (h) Not provided

colic  (a) bark (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) leaves (g) leaves (h) rhizome Aklan
         
 

(a) Baltong (b) buyo (c) bunga (d) apog (e) salimunog

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(a) Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Areca catechuL. (d) Not provided (e) Not provided

(a) Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English) (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (d) Apog (e) Not provided

colic  (a) (b) leaves (c) nuts (d) lime (e) leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Bawang (b) helba-malipueon (c) buyo (d) lampunaya (e) eabigan (f) helba-manengsenga

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(a) Allium sativumL. (b) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (c ) Piper betleL. (d) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (e) Acorus calamusL. (f) Artemisia vulgarisL.

(a) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) (b) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (c) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (d) Mayana (Filipino) (e) Lubigan (Filipino); Sweetflag; Calamus (English) (f) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)

colic  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) stem (f) leaves Aklan
         
 

Bita

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Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br.

Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English)

colic  bark Aklan