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
         
 

Bangkal

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Nauclea orientalis (L.) L.

Bangkal (Filipino)

to stop bleeding   leaf tops Palawan
         
 

Ulan

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Not provided

Not provided

to stop bleeding  bark Palawan
         
 

Kalangkang

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Schefflera insularum (Seem.) Harms

Galamai-amo (Filipino)

to stop bleeding  leaves Capiz
         
 

Anagdong (Tagakaulo), Hanagdong (Tagalog)

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Trema orientalis (L.) Blume

Indian charcoal tree (English), Hanagdong (Filipino)

To stop bleeding after giving birth (post delivery care) , paundang sa dugo   Bark and Roots Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Abaka (Bisaya, Tagalog), 2 Cardaba or Carnaba (Bisaya)

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1 Musa?textilis?Nee 2 Musa acuminata _ balbisiana (ABB Group) 'Saba', Musa?_?paradisiaca?L.

1 Abac? (English), Manila hemp (English), Abaka (Filipino) 2 Sweet plantain (English), Saba or Cardaba (Filipino)

To stop bleeding after giving birth (post delivery care) , paundang sa dugo pagkatapos manganak  Roots Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

Malunggay (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Moringa oleifera Lam.

Malunggay (Filipino),Horse-radish tree (English), Ben oil tree (English)

To stop bleeding from wounds particularly wounds from "Itak"  Bark Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Badiang

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Alocasia macrorrhizos(L.) G. Don

Biga (Filipino); Aba (Ibanag)

to stop bleeding in cuts  rhizome Palawan
         
 

Bayabas

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Psidium guajavaL.

Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

to stop bleeding of new wounds  leaves Cagayan
         
 

Malunggay (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Moringa oleifera Lam.

Malunggay (Filipino),Horse-radish tree (English), Ben oil tree (English)

To stop bleeding wound  Bark Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Palasan (Tagakaulo)

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Uncollected

Not provided

To stop bleeding, pagpahunong sa dugo sa bag-ong panganak   Bark and Roots Davao - Tagakaolo
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