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) Harupay mix with (b) lakdan (c) tanglad (d) panhauli (e) kalipayan (f) apes

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(a) Mimosa pudicaL. (b) Not provided (c ) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Not provided

(a) Makahiya (Filipino); Touch-me-not; Shameplant (English) (b) lakdan (c) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (d) Panhauli (e) Kalipayan (f) Apes

tonic for new mothers  leaves Samar
         
 

(a) Hanso (b) Asiotes

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(a) Sandoricum koetjape(Burm. f.) Merr. (b) Bixa orellanaL.

(a) Santol (Filipino) (b) Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English)

headache  (a) leaves (b) leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Hanonom-o (Bis.) with (b) halom pula (Bis.) and (c) tulog-tulog pula (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Amaranthus paniculatus (c) Breynia sp.

(a) Not provided (b) Halon (Tag.); Red amaranth (Engl.) (c) Red coffee-bush (Engl.); iron range breynia (Engl.)

Fever   (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Hanom-o mix with (b) tigaw (c) tuba-tuba

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(a) Not provided (b) Callicarpa candicans(Burm. f.) Hochr. (c ) Jatropha gossypiifoliaL.

(a) Hanom-o (b) Tigaw (Filipino) (c) Tuba-tuba (Filipino); Bellyache bush (English)

beri-beri  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Hanlilibong mix with (b) kogon (c) abgaw (d) dalaputkila (e) banay-banay (Vis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (c ) Premna odorataBlanco (d) Not provided (e) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (c) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (d) Not provided (e) Not provided

Use as bath after childbirth to bring mother to her normal state.  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Handilibon (Vis.) mix with (b) ginger

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(a) Not provided (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Not provided (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

swelling of joints  (a) leaves (b) rhizome Zamboanga
         
 

(a) handamay mix with (b) salibutbut (c ) anonang

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(a) Pipturus arborescens (Link) C.B. Rob. (b) Not provided (c ) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst.

(a) Dalunot (Filipino); Handalamay (C.Bis.) (b) Salibutbut (c ) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English)

cough  bark Davao
         
 

(a) Hanagdon mix with (b) banitlong (c) saba

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(a) Trema orientalis(L.) Blume (b) Not provided (c ) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.)

(a) Anabiong (Filipino); Oriental trema (English); Hanagdon (Tagalog) (b) Banitlong (c) Saba (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English)

headache due to colds and fever  (a) roots (b) roots (c) saha Samar
         
 

(a) Hamuraon (Waray;Bik.) mix with (b) nagasi (c) tuog

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(a) Vitex parvifloraJuss. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Molave (Filipino); Smallflower chastetree (English) (b) nagasi (c) tuog

pyorrhea  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Leyte
         
 

(a) Hamtak (b) hinalib-on (c) alap-ap

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(a) Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb.

(a) Sitaw (Filipino); String beans; Blackeyed pea (English) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English)

headache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Aklan