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
         
 

Pine tree

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Not provided

Not provided

birth control stomachache  cone (dried or fresh) Bontoc
         
 

Buringot itim (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Micromelum sp.

Common name not provided

 Black snake bite  Bark Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Sabila

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Aloe vera(L.) Burm. f.

Sabila (Filipino); Aloe; Barbados aloe (English)

blackening of hair  whole plant or leaves Aklan
         
 

Herba-aca (Ilk.)

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Artemisia vulgarisL.

Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)

blackheads  bark Kalinga
         
 

Papaya (Tanduyan)

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Carica papayaL.

Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English)

bleeding  roots Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

Dila-dilang aso

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Pseudelephantopus spicatus(Juss. ex Aubl.) C.F. Baker

Dilang-aso (Filipino); Dog's-tongue (English); Dila-dilang aso

bleeding  leaves Aklan
         
 

Dila-dilang baka

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Opuntia cochenillifera(L.) P. Mill.

Dilang-baka (Filipino); Nopal de cochinilla (Spanish)

bleeding  leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Katilog (b) limbahon

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(a) Not provided (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Not provided (b) Niyog/Pula (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

bleeding  (a) bark (b) bark Aklan
         
 

Buyo

* Image in process *

Piper betleL.

Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English)

bleeding  leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

Pandan mahamot

* Image in process *

Pandanus tectoriusParkinson ex Zucc.

Pandan-mabango (Filipino); Thatch screwpine; Textile screwpine; Tahitian screwpine; Pandan (English)

bleeding  shoot Lanao del Norte
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