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
         
 

Lagundi

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Vitex negundoL.

Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English)

early stage of paralysis  leaves Quezon
         
 

Lubigan

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Acorus calamusL.

Lubigan (Filipino); Sweetflag; Calamus (English)

early stage of paralysis  rhizome Quezon
         
 

Pandakaki

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Tabernaemontana pandacaquiPoir.

Pandakaki (Filipino)

ease delivery of placenta  leaves Quezon
         
 

Fet

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Piper retrofractumVahl

Litlit (Filipino); Javanese long pepper (English)

ease mother's delivery  whole plant South Cotabato
         
 

Agatat (Ilk.)

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Not provided

Not provided

easeness of giving birth  whole plant Kalinga
         
 

Fonnatmaatta (Kal.)

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Not provided

Not provided

easeness of giving birth  mixed with agatat & amurangan Kalinga
         
 

Amurangan (Kal.)

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Not provided

Not provided

easy child birth  mixed with agatat Kalinga
         
 

Babana (Il. Bis.)

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Annona muricataL.

Guyabano (Filipino); Soursop (English)

ecbolic  bark Iloilo
         
 

San Pedro (Il. Bis.)

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Leucaena leucocephala(Lam.) de Wit

Ipil-ipil (Filipino); White leadtree (English)

ecbolic  whole plant Iloilo
         
 

Agoho

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Casuarina equisetifoliaL.

Agoho (Filipino); Ironweed; Australian pine; Common ironwood; Horsetail casuarina; Beach she-oak; Coast she-oak (English)

ecbolic  roots Quezon
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