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) Tienas mix with (b) kalawag

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(a) Not provided (b) Curcuma longaL.

(a) Not provided (b) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English); Kalawag (Mbo.;Bis.)

cough  (a) rhizome (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Tienas mix with (b) kalawag

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(a) Not provided (b) Curcuma longaL.

(a) Not provided (b) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English); Kalawag (Mbo.;Bis.)

cold  (a) rhizome (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Tebeg in combination with (b) Alimog-mog (c) niog-niogan (d) agboy (e) anonang

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Combretum indicum(L.) DeFilipps (d) Mussaenda philippicaA. Rich. (e) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Niyog-niyogan (Filipino); Burma creeper (English) (d) Kahoy-dalaga (Filipino) (e) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English)

pasma  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark (d) bark (e) bark Romblon
         
 

(a) Tebeg in combination with (b) alimog-mog (c) niog-niogan (d) agboy (e) anonang

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Combretum indicum(L.) DeFilipps (d) Mussaenda philippicaA. Rich. (e) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Niyog-niyogan (Filipino); Burma creeper (English) (d) Kahoy-dalaga (Filipino) (e) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English)

sore eyes  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark (d) bark (e) bark Romblon
         
 

(a) Taypong pula (Bis.) with malawmaw (Bis.) and lagikaw (Bis.)

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(a) Ardisia sp. (b) Not provided (c) Medinilla sp.

Common name not provided

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time); pasmo sa kusog (overworked)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Tayakoda mix with (b) namat (c) mamaan (d) apog

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

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

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

(a) Tawa-tawa mix with (b) kukog-banog (c) bila-bila

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(a) Grammatophyllum scriptum (L.) Blume (b) Not provided (c ) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Tawa-tawa (Filipino) (b) Not provided ( c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English)

high fever  (a) young leaves (3 pcs.) (b) roots (3 pcs.) (c) buds (3 pcs.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) tawa-tawa mix with (b) cocog-banog; (c) bila-bila (Ceb.)

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(a) Grammatophyllum scriptum (L.) Blume (b) Not provided (c ) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Tawa-tawa (Filipino) (b) Cocog-banog (c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis)

high fever  (a) young leaves (b) roots (c) buds Davao
         
 

(a) Tatanak mix with (b) gupa (c) caongik (Subanon)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

stomachache  (a) bark (b) bark (c) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Tapadak mix with (b) kalawag

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(a) Morinda citrifoliaL. (b) Curcuma longaL.

(a) Bankoro (Filipino); Indian mulberry (English) (b) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English); Kalawag (Mbo.;Bis.)

tuberculosis  (a) bark (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur