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) Bayabas** mix w/ (b) Santol

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Sandoricum koetjape(Burm. f.) Merr.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Santol (Filipino)

loose bowel movement  (a) roots (b) roots Camarines Sur
         
 

(a) Bayag kambing or (b) dalugdog

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(a) Caesalpinia cristaL. (b) Caesalpinia cristaL.

(a) Kalumbibit (Filipino); Bayag-kambing (Tagalog); Fever nut; Gray nicker (English) (b) Kalumbibit (Filipino); Fever nut; Gray nicker (English); Dalugdog (Tag.;Bis.)

flu  seed Marinduque
         
 

(a) Bayog ( a variety of bamboo) mix with (b) tarong

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(a) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss (b) Solanum melongenaL.

(a) Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English) (b) Talong (Filipino); Eggplant (English)

prevents miscarriage  root of both plants Kalinga
         
 

(a) Betel nut (b) buyo (c) tobacco

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(a) Areca catechuL. (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Nicotiana tabacumL.

(a) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English)

gas pain  (a) nut (b) leaves (c) leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Biabas (b) Tambis (c) Labanos

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Ficus minahassae (Teijsm. & Vriese) Miq. (c ) Raphanus sativusL.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Hagimit (Filipino) (c) Labanos (Filipino); Radish; Cultivated radish; Garden radish; Wild radish (English)

loose bowel movement  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Sulu
         
 

(a) Biasang (Vis.) mix with (b) tanglad (c) ginger

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(b) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (c ) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Biasang (b) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (c) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

gas pain  (a) fruit; (b) leaves (c) rhizome Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Biasong mix with (b) luya (c) ahos

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(a) Not provided (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Allium sativumL.

(a) Not provided (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English)

cyst  (a) rind (b) rhizome (c) cloves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Bicad-bicad mix with (b) cenaguli (Tausug)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

for general condition of the body  (a) roots (b) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Bida mix w/ (b) Bulak manok

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(a) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br. (b) Ageratum conyzoidesL.

(a) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English) (b) Bulak-manok (Filipino); Goat weed; Tropical whiteweed (English)

cerebral malaria  bark and stem South Cotabato
         
 

(a) Bidai mix with (b) Ar-aritos

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(a) Ocimum tenuiflorumL. (b) Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl.

(a) Sulasi (Filipino); Holy basil (English) (b) Hikau-hikauan (Filipino)

wounds  (a) leaves (b) leaves Nueva Vizcaya