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
         
 

Sulasi

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Ocimum tenuiflorumL.

Sulasi (Filipino); Holy basil (English)

febrifuge  leaves Quezon
         
 

Tagulinaw

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Emilia sonchifolia(L) DC

Tagulinaw (Filipino); Lilac tasselflower (English)

febrifuge  leaves or whole plant Quezon
         
 

Romero

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Rosmarinus officinalisL.

Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English)

febrifuge  leaves Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

Taingang daga

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Oxalis corniculataL.

Taingang-daga (Filipino); Indian sorrel; Yellow oxalis; Yellow wood sorrel; 'Ihi; Creeping oxalis; Creeping woodsorrel (English)

febrifuge/ cough  leaves Quezon
         
 

Lanting

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Plantago majorL.

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

febrifuge/ headache/ diabetes  roots Quezon
         
 

Katmon-baging

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Not provided

Not provided

febrifuge/ remedy for cough  stem Quezon
         
 

Palyas (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Unidentified

Common name not provided

Fertility  Roots Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Tulong (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Ficus nota Merr.

Tibig (Filipino), Sacking tree (English)

Fertility  Bark Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Oregano

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Plectranthus amboinicus(Lour.) Spreng.

Oregano (Filipino); Mexican mint (English)

fever muscle pain  leaves Ilocos Norte
         
 

Tuba

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Croton tigliumL.

Tuba (Filipino); Croton; Purging croton (English)

fever headache  fresh leaves Ifugao