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
         
 

(a) Adgaw with (b) bunlaw

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(a) Premna odorataBlanco (b) Justicia gendarussa Burm. f.

(a) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (b) Kapanitulot (Filipino); Gandarusa (English)

first bath after fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves Capiz
         
 

(a) Bunlaw with (b) adgaw

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(a) Justicia gendarussa Burm. f. (b) Premna odorataBlanco

(a) Kapanitulot (Filipino); Gandarusa (English) (b) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English)

first bath after fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves Capiz
         
 

Pasaw (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Cassia occidentalis L.

Balatong-aso (Filipino), Coffee senna (English), Coffeeweed (English)

Fish bone prick  Leaves Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Tubli

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Derris elliptica (Wall.) Benth.

Tubli

Fish poison   Roots Alabat Island
         
 

Urong (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit.

Luhang-dalaga (Filipino), Devil's backbone (English), Slipper spurge (English)

Fish poison or ringworm  Leaves Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Bawang

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Allium sativumL.

Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English)

flatulence  clove Quezon
         
 

Kutsay

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Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng.

Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English)

flatulence  whole plant Quezon
         
 

Saging (saba)

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Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.)

Saba (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English)

flatulence  top leaves Quezon
         
 

Tobacco

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Nicotiana tabacumL.

Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English)

flatulence  leaves Quezon
         
 

Emplasto; mixture of: (a) herbabuena (b) artamesa (c) trumpa elepante (d) dulao (e) Agboy (P.Bis.) (f) Badyang (Tag.;Bis.) (g) engo

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(a) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (b) Artemisia vulgarisL. (c ) Heliotropium indicumL. (d) Curcuma longaL. (e) Mussaenda philippicaA. Rich. (f) Alocasia macrorrhizos(L.) G. Don (g) Not provided

(a) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (b) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English); Artamesa (c) Trompa ng elepante (Filipino); Indian heliotrope (English) (d) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English) (e) Kahoy-dalaga (Filipino) (f) Biga (Filipino) (g) Not provided

flatulence  leaves and roots Aklan