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) Rambiyawa mix with (b) Borobotones (c) Orchid

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(a) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (b) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (c ) Not provided

(a) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (b) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English) (c) Not provided

fever  (a) roots (b) leaves (c) flowers; Maguindanao
         
 

(a) Puunan (Cbno) mix with (b) albunog (Cbno)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

cough  (a) young leaves (b) young leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Puti laya (Bis.) with (b) narra (Bis.) and (c) duguan (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Pterocarpus indicus (c) Myristica sp.

Common name not provided

Irregular mentruation  (a) stem (b) bark (c) bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Pusung-pung (b) venga (c) Daya (d) hinalib-on

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(a) Not provided (b) Sesamum indicumL. (c ) Not provided (d) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC

(a) Not provided (b) Linga (Filipino); Sesame (English) (c) Not provided (d) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English)

fever  (a) roots (b) seeds (c) leaves (d) roots Aklan
         
 

(a) Pulto-pulto (Ilk.) with (b) atis and ( c) malvas

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(a) Not provided (b) Annona squamosaL. (c ) Abutilon indicum(L.) Sweet

(a) Not provided (b) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English) (c) Malbas (Filipino); Monkeybush (English); Malvas (Spanish)

kidney trouble  roots Ilocos Norte
         
 

(a) Pulang tikog mix with (b) anonang (c) alibungog (d) bayabas (e) ham-o (f) kalidades (g) busikad (h) malagaya (i) tabako (j) kamunggay

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(a) Not provided (b) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (c ) Ehretia philippinensis A.DC. (d) Psidium guajavaL. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (h) Oryza sativaL. (I) Nicotiana tabacumL. (j) Moringa oleiferaLam.

(a) Pulang tikog (b) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (c) Alibungog (Filipino) (d) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (e) Ham-o (f) Kalidades (g) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (h) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (i) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (j) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English); Kamunggay (Ceb.)

suka't tae   (a) young leaves (b) young leaves (c) young leaves (d) young leaves (e) flowers (f) flowers (g) flowers (h) grains (i) ash (j) bark Cebu
         
 

(a) Pugaro mix with (b) suha

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(b) Citrus maxima(Burm. f.) Merr.

(a) (b) Suha (Filipino); Grape-fruit pummelo; Shaddock; Pomelo (English)

goiter  (a) leaves (b) leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Pugang-pugang mix with (b) bandokan (Cbno.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

children's phobia  (a) roots (b) leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Pobreng kahoy mix with (b) kalachuchi

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(a) Euphorbia tirucalliL. (b) Plumeria rubraL.

(a) Suerda (Filipino); Indiantree spurge (English); Consuelda (Sp.) (b) Kalatsutsi (Filipino); Temple flower; Frangipani; Templetree (English)

antifertility  (a) roots (b) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(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