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) Piki (b) banaba

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(a) Zea maysL. (b) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (b) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  (a) hairs (b) leaves Bontoc
         
 

(a) pili mix with (b) cacao (c) tublai-tublai

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(a) Canarium ovatumEngl. (b) Theobroma cacaoL. (c ) Not provided

(a) Pili (Filipino); Chinese olive; Pili nut (English) (b) Kakaw (Filipino); Cacao (English) ( c) Not provided

relapse after childbirth  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Davao
         
 

(a) Pine tree mix with (b) atis (c) caimito (d) antoangga (e) anonang (f) abukado

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(a) Not provided (b) Annona squamosaL. (c ) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (d) Not provided (e) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (f) Persea americanaMill.

(a) Pine tree (b) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English) (c) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (d) Antoangga (e) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (f) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English)

relapse  (a) roots (b) leaves (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Pinya (Bis.) with (b) abokado (Bis.) and (c) lansones (Bis.)

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(a) Annas comosus (b) Persea americana (c) Lansium domesticum

(a) Pinya (Tag.); pina (Tag.); pi_a (Bis., Tag.); pineapple (Engl.) (b) Avocado (Engl.) (c) Langsat (Engl.); lanzones (Engl.), bulahan (Bis.)

Indigestion  (a) leaf (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Pinya mix with (b) nangka (c) bayabas (d) mangga (e) banaba

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(a) Ananas comosus(L.) Merr. (b) Artocarpus heterophyllusLam. (c ) Psidium guajavaL. (d) Mangifera indicaL. (e) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Pinya (Filipino); Pineapple (English) (b) Langka (Filipino); Jackfruit (English); Nangka (Tag.;Ibn.;Bis.;Sul.) (c) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (d) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (e) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

indigestion  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Pisik with (b) Bila-bila (c) Escobang mayawis

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(a) Centipeda minima(L.) A. Braun & Asch. (b) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (c ) Sida alnifolia var. alnifolia

(a) Harangan (Filipino; Spreading sneezeweed (English) (b) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (c) Walis-walisan (Filipino)

fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor
         
 

(a) Pitawali (b) Nipa

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(a) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (b) Nypa fruticansWurmb

(a) Makabuhay (Filipino) (b) Nipa (Filipino); Nipa palm (English)

relapse  (a) vine (b) leaf Tawi-tawi
         
 

(a) Pla mix with (b) lubi

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(a) Areca catechuL. (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English); Lubi (C.Bis.)

hair grower  (a) root (b) root Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Pla mix with (b) namat (c) tayakoda (d) apog

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(a) Areca catechuL. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

(a) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (b) namat (c) Not provided (d) Apog

swellings  (a) fruit (b) leaves (c) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) plagtiki mix with (b) botoncillo (c) cogon

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(a) Not provided (b) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Plagtiki (b) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English) (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Antique