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) Bulak mix with (b) onion

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(a) Gossypium hirsutumL. (b) Allium cepaL.

(a) Bulak (Filipino); Cotton; Upland cotton (English) (b) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

cough  (a) fresh leaves (b) bulb Quezon
         
 

(a) Bulak with (b) luya ( c) saparilla (d) dila baka (e) galamay amo (f) bawang

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(a) Gossypium hirsutumL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Not provided (d) Opuntia cochenillifera(L.) P. Mill. (e) Schefflera insularum (Seem.) Harms (f) Allium sativumL.

(a) Bulak (Filipino); Cotton; Upland cotton (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Saparilla (d) Dilang-baka (Filipino); Nopal de cochinilla (Spanish) (e) Galamai-amo (Filipino) (f) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English)

relapse after child delivery  (a) bulb (b) rhizome (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) bark Marinduque
         
 

(a) Kandaba mix with (b) sibuyas costa (c) trompang elepante (d) kasla (e) tanglad (f) kagupkop (g) latay (h) alimhon

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(a) Gossypium hirsutumL. (b) Allium cepaL. (c ) Heliotropium indicumL. (d) Jatropha curcasL. (e) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (f) Not provided (g) Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp. (h) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC

(a) Bulak (Filipino); Cotton; Upland cotton (English) (b) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English) (c) Trompa ng elepante (Filipino); Indian heliotrope (English) (d) Tubang Bakod (Filipino); Big purge nut; Physic nut; Barbados nut (English) (e) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (f) Not provided (g) Sitaw (Filipino); String beans; Blackeyed pea (English) (h) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English)

fever  leaves for each Capiz
         
 

(a) Bangkal (Bis.) with (b) Malawmaw (Bis.), (c) Lagikaw (Bis.) and (d) Tugas hamol-aw (Bis.)

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(a) Nauclea orientalis (b) Not provided (c) Medinilla sp. (d) Vitex sp.

(a) Bulabangkal (Bis.); cheesewood (Engl.); leichhardt tree (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided

Pasmo sa kusog (overworked)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Bangkal (Bis.) with (b) Kawilan (Bis.), (c) Mantaawi (Bis.), (d) Buli-buli (Bis.) and (e) Bolongang balagon (Bis.)

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(a) Nauclea orientalis (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh. (e) Not provided

(a) Bulabangkal (Bis.); cheesewood (Engl.); leichhardt tree (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Kalayo (Tag.); rusty sapindus (Engl.) (e) Not provided

Bughat (a little more than relapse)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem (e) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Albaka mix with (b) kasep a nipay (c) kaperek-perek

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(a) Hyptis capitataJacq. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Botonesan (Filipino); False ironwort (English) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

fever with cough  leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Albaka mix with (b) kasapi-kasapi

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(a) Hyptis capitataJacq. (b) Ageratum conyzoidesL.

(a) Botonesan (Filipino); False ironwort (English) (b) Bulak-manok (Filipino); Goat weed; Tropical whiteweed (English)

abdominal pain  (a) leaves (b) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Arbaka mix with (b) kasep a nipay (c ) kaperek-perek

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(a) Hyptis capitataJacq. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Botonesan (Filipino); False ironwort (English) (b) Kasep a nipay (c ) Kaperek-perek

fever with cough  leaves for each Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Arbaka mix with (b) kasapi-kasapi

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(a) Hyptis capitataJacq. (b) Ageratum conyzoidesL.

(a) Botonesan (Filipino); False ironwort (English) (b) Bulak-manok (Filipino); Goat weed; Tropical whiteweed (English)

abdominal pain  (a) leaves (b) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Banban (Bis.) with (b) Badbaran (Bis.) and (c) Sulbaran (Bis.)

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(a) Donax cannaeformis (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

(a) Bonbon (Tag.); manban (Tag.); Common donax (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

Maladies caused by "witchcraft" like daot, paktol, barang  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan