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
         
 

buyon

* Image in process *

uncollected, unidentified

Not provided

For chest pain  leaf (fresh) Samar Island
         
 

Andalamay (Mandaya)

* Image in process *

Uncollected

Not provided

For chickenpox (severe type), pulotong tubig na likos-delikado na klase  Whole plant Davao - Mandaya
         
 

Andalamay (Mandaya)

* Image in process *

Uncollected

Not provided

For chickenpox, para sa bulutong tubig, buyag-buyag sang tubig  Whole plant Davao - Mandaya
         
 

Sampalok

* Image in process *

Tamarindus indicaL.

Sampalok (Filipino); Tamarind (Engllish)

for cleansing  leaves Davao
         
 

Botong

* Image in process *

Calotropis gigantea(L.) W.T. Aiton

Kapal-kapal (Filipino); Giant milkweed (English)

for cleansing eyes  leaves Aklan
         
 

Herba buena

* Image in process *

Mentha sp.

Not provided

For colds  leaf Samar Island
         
 

klabo

* Image in process *

Coleus aromaticus Benth.

suganda (Tag.); oregano, torongil de limon (Span.); bildu (Sul.); clavo (C.L. Bis.); latai, latay (Sub.)

For colds  leaf Samar Island
         
 

kusol

* Image in process *

uncollected, unidentified

Not provided

For colds  leaf Samar Island
         
 

poliyo

* Image in process *

uncollected, unidentified

Not provided

For colds  leaf Samar Island
         
 

adgaw

* Image in process *

Premna odorata Bl.

adiyo, alagaw (Tag.); abgau, argau (P. Bis.); adgau (P. Bis., Bik.); aggau (C. Bis.); alagau (Tag., Ilk.); anobran (Ilk.)

For colds  leaf Samar Island