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

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

(a) Not provided (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) Makabuhay (Filipino)

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

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

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

(a) Not provided (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) Makabuhay (Filipino)

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

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

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

(a) Not provided (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) Makabuhay (Filipino)

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

(a) Lambayoung mix with (b) tanglad

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(a) Not provided (b) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf

(a) Not provided (b) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)

baldness  (a) roots (b) roots Leyte
         
 

(a) Talipangan mix with (b) tanglad (c) kilala (d) kalampisaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (c ) Cordyline fruticosa(L.) A. Chev (d) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (c) Tungkod-pare (Filipino); Tigplant (English); Baston de San Jose (Spanish (d) Not provided

bath for newly delivered mothers  all leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Escobang pungko mix with (b) yahong-yahong (c) bila-bila (d) escobang magawis (e) dila-dila sa iro (f) busikad (g) papayang lalaki

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(a) Not provided (b) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb. (c ) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (g) Carica papayaL.

(a) Not provided (b) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English); Yahong-yahong (S.L.Bis.) (c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis) (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (g) Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English)

senda  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) flowers (g) flowers Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Pangtitan (Kal.) mix with (b) tobacco leaves

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(a) Not provided (b) Nicotiana tabacumL.

(a) Not provided (b) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English)

wound healing blood clotting  leaves of both plants Kalinga
         
 

(a) Sambre in combination with (b) alibutra (R. Bis.) (c) makabuhay

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(a) Not provided (b) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (c ) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson

(a) Not provided (b) Suma (Filipino); Alibodra (P.Bis) (c) Makabuhay (Filipino)

abortifacient  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) tagpe with (b) albutra

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(a) Not provided (b) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr.

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

delayed menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots Palawan
         
 

(a) Palikaw (b) alibutra (c) tarag-an (d) duguan (e) kamias (f) Hawlot

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(a) Not provided (b) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (c ) Not provided (d) Myristica simiarum A. DC. (e) Averrhoa bilimbiL. (f) Pycnarrhena manillensis S.Vidal

(a) Not provided (b) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (c) Not provided (d) Tanghas (Filipino) (e) Kamias (Filipino); Bilimbi (English); Kalamias (Tag) (f) Ambal (Filipino)

dysmenorrhea  (a) wood (b) wood (c) wood (d) wood (e) wood (f) wood Aklan