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
         
 

Layasin

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Leucosyke capitellata Wedd.

Layasin

Sore eyes  Stem Alabat Island
         
 

Tawa-tawa (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Euphorbia hirta L.

Gatas-gatas (Filipino), Asthma weed (English), Snake weed (English)

Sore eyes  Stem Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Banag (Filipino, Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Smilax bracteata C. Presl

Banag (Filipino, Hanunuo Mangyan), Sarsaparilla vine (English)

Sore eyes  Young leaves Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Bayuko (snail sa gubat)

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Not known

Common name not provided

 Sore eyes  Snail Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Saga (Hanunuo Mangyan), Wakat saga (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Abrus precatorius L.

Saga (Filipino), Black-eyed susan (English), Crab's-eye vine (English), Coral Bead vine (English)

Sore eyes  Leaves or Stem Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Vine (no common name given)

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Not provided

Not provided

sore lips and tongue  fresh leaves Ifugao
         
 

Lanting

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Plantago majorL.

Lanting (Filipino); Plantain; Broadleaf plantain; Great plantain; Buckhorn plaintain; Rippleseed plantain; Common plantain (English)

sore mouth  roots Quezon
         
 

Ginger

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Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

sore throat tuberculosis abdominal pain  roots Leyte
         
 

Acasia

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Samanea saman(Jacq.) Merr.

Acacia (Filipino; Spanish); Raintree (English)

sore throat tuberculosis abdominal pain  leaves Catanduanes
         
 

Dilaw

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Curcuma longaL.

Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English)

sore throat  rhizome Batangas
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