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
         
 

Alogbate

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Basella albaL.

Alugbati (Filipino); Malabar nighshade; Ceylon spinach (English)

pus (nana)  leaves Capiz
         
 

Aloes

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Aloe vera(L.) Burm. f.

Sabila (Filipino); Aloe; Barbados aloe (English)

wounds  sap Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Aloes

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Aloe vera(L.) Burm. f.

Sabila (Filipino); Aloe; Barbados aloe (English)

gas pain  sap Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Alo Bera (Bis.)

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Aloe vera mill

Indian aloe (Engl.); sabila; sabila-pinya; aloe; dilang- boaia; dilang-halo; aloes

Falling of hair  Leaf pulp Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Alo Bera (Bis.)

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Aloe vera mill

Indian aloe (Engl.); sabila; sabila-pinya; aloe; dilang- boaia; dilang-halo; aloes

Relieves pain in muscle joints  Leaf pulp Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Alo Bera (Bis.)

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Aloe vera mill

Indian aloe (Engl.); sabila (Tag.); sabila-pinya (Tag.); aloe (Engl.); dilang- boaia (Tag.); dilang-halo (Tag.); aloes (Engl.)

Burns and wounds  Leaves and Leaf pulp Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Almoging (Tau-buid Mangyan)

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Genus Indet.

Common name not provided

 High blood pressure  Roots and stem Oriental Mindoro (Tribe Tau-Buid)
         
 

Alleluia (Ilk.)

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Combretum indicum(L.) DeFilipps

Niyog-niyogan (Filipino); Burma creeper (English)

purgative  fruit Ilocos Norte
         
 

Allagat or alupa

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Uvaria rufa Blume

Hilagak (Filipino); Susong-kalabaw (Tagalog)

for newly delivered mothers  roots; bark; leaves Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

Allagat (Ilk.)

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Uvaria rufa Blume

Hilagak (Filipino); Susong-kalabaw (Tagalog)

to regain lost strength of a mother who has just given birth.  any part Nueva Ecija
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