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
         
 

Tangolamos (Bis.)

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Melicope sp.

Common name not provided

For women who recently undergone child delivery   Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Taypong pula (Bis.) with malawmaw (Bis.) and lagikaw (Bis.)

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(a) Ardisia sp. (b) Not provided (c) Medinilla sp.

Common name not provided

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time); pasmo sa kusog (overworked)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Tuang (Bis.)

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Dracaena angustifolia

Common name not provided

Abnormal menstrual bleeding  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Tugas hamol-aw (Bis.)

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Vitex sp.

Common name not provided

Pasmo sa kusog (overworked)  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Tulog-tulog balagon (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Eczema   Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Tuway (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Maladies caused by "witchcraft" like daot, paktol, barang  Bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Ulayan (Bis.)

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Leea sp.

Common name not provided

All types of illneses or ailment  Roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Ungali (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Bughat (a little more than relapse)  Stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Uway (Bis.) with (b) malawmaw (Bis.) and (c) lagikaw (Bis.)

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(a) Calamus (b) Not provided (c) Medinilla sp.

Common name not provided

Pasmo sa kusog (overworked)  Stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Malabahay (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Unidentified

Common name not provided

Colds  Bark Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)