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
         
 

Bakaku (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Bauhinia integrifolia Roxb. ssp. cumingiana var. nymphaefolia

Common name not provided

 Bloody sputum  Stem Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Bayog (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Unidentified

Common name not provided

 Bloody stool  Bark Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

(a) Bayabas calumbahin combined with gawgaw and (b) ugat ng cogon

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

bloody urine  fresh roots of both plants Batangas
         
 

Alom (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Melanolepis multiglandulosa (Reinw. ex Blume) Rchb. & Zoll.

Alim (Filipino), Alum (Filipino)

Blurred vision due to "binat"  Bark or roots Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Panagurirong (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Unidentified

Common name not provided

 Blurring of vision  Leaves 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)

Blurring of vision  Leaves Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Lubigan

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Acorus calamusL.

Lubigan (Filipino); Sweetflag; Calamus (English)

blurring vision  fresh leaves Quezon
         
 

Bayabas

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Psidium guajavaL.

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

body odor  leaves Nueva Ecija
         
 

Salong kahoy (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

 Body pain  Newly-sprout leaf Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Luyangpula

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Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K.Schum.

Luyangpula

Body pain  Rhizome Alabat Island
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