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) Manzanilla mix with (b) kokogbanog (c) busicad (d) palova (e) bulagan (f) lupi (g) bayabas (h) mangosteen (i) mango (j) bila-bila (k) hilbas (l) japana (all Vis.)

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(a) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (b) Not provided (c ) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Phragmites australis(Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (g) Psidium guajavaL. (h) Garcinia mangostanaL. (I) Mangifera indicaL. (j) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (k) Artemisia vulgarisL. (l) Not provided

(a) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (b) Kokogbanog (c) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (d) Palova (e) Bulagan (f) Tambo (Filipino); Common reed (English) (g) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (h) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English) (i) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (j) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis) (k) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English); Hilbas (Ceb) (l) Japana (all Vis.)

no appetite  (a) roots (1 pc.) (b) roots (1 pc.) (c) roots (1 pc.) (d) leaves (1 pc.) (e) petiole (5 in. long) (f) youngest leaf (1 pc.) (g) leaves (3 pcs.) (h) leaves (2 pcs.) (i) leaves (2 pcs.) (j) roots (1 pc.) (k) roots (1 pc.) (l) roots (1 pc.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Manzanilla mix with (b) Gabon (c) baho-baho (d) antoanga (e) suetes (f) sibukas (g) unod sa banag

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(a) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Bixa orellanaL. (f) Not provided (g) Not provided

(a) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English) (f) Not provided (g) Not provided

no menstruation for one year  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) corm Zamboanga
         
 

(a) manzanilla (Spa.-Ceb.) mix with (b) hilbas (ceb.) (c) herba-buena (Ceb.)

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(a) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (b) Artemisia vulgarisL. (c ) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.)

(a) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (b) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (c) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English)

kidney trouble  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Camiguin
         
 

(a) Manzanilla (Ilk.) with (b) roasted rice

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(a) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (b) Oryza sativaL.

(a) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (b) Bigas (Filipino); Rice grains; Roasted rice; Rice (English)

dysentery loose bowel movement  leaves Ilocos Norte
         
 

(a) Mantaawi (Bis.) with (b) Bolongang kahoy (Bis.) and (c) Ungali (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Bughat (a little more than relapse)  Stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Mansanitas mix with (b) caimito (c) bayabas

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(a) Muntingia calaburaL. (b) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (c ) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Aratiles (Filipino); Strawberrytree (English); Datiles (Tag.;Bik.) (b) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (c) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Mansanilla (b) Helba

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(a) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (b) Artemisia vulgarisL.

(a) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (b) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)

rheumatism  (a) leaves (b) leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Manmani (Ilk.) with (b) balite

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(a) Desmodium heterocarpon(L.) DC. (b) Ficus benjaminaL.

(a) Tayam (Filipino); Asian ticktrefoil (English); Mani-manian (Tagalog) (b) Balite/Balete (Filipino); Weeping fig (English)

abortifacient  (a) flower (b) leaves Ilocos Norte
         
 

(a) Mani-manian mix with (b) kawayan

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(a) Desmodium heterocarpon(L.) DC. (b) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss

(a) Tayam (Filipino); Asian ticktrefoil (English) (b) Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English)

toothache  (a) roots (b) roots Leyte
         
 

(a) Mangosteen mix with (b) kokogbanog (c) busicad (d) palova (e) bulagan (f) lupi (g) bayabas (h) bila-bila (i) mango (j) manzanilla (k) hilbas (l) japana (all Vis.)

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(a) Garcinia mangostanaL. (b) Not provided (c ) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Phragmites australis(Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (g) Psidium guajavaL. (h) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (I) Mangifera indicaL. (j) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (k) Artemisia vulgarisL. (l) Not provided

(a) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English) (b) Kokogbanog (c) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (d) Palova (e) Bulagan (f) Tambo (Filipino); Common reed (English) (g) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (h) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis) (i) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (j) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (k) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English); Hilbas (Ceb) (l) Japana

no appetite  (a) leaves (2 pcs.) (b) roots (1 pc.) (c) roots (1 pc.) (d) leaves (1 pc.) (e) petiole (5 in. long) (f) youngest leaf (1 pc.) (g) leaves (3 pcs.) (h) roots (1 pc.) (i) leaves (2 pcs.) (j) roots (1 pc.) (k) roots (1 pc.) (l) roots (1 pc.) Zamboanga