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) Bayabas mix with (b) sibuyas tagalog (c) damong maria

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Allium ascalonicumL. (c ) Artemisia vulgarisL.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Sibuyas tagalog (Filipino); Shallots; Wild onion (English) (c) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)

stomachache  (a) top leaves (b) bulb (c) leaves Bataan
         
 

(a) Bayabas mix with (b) sibuyas tagalog (c) damong maria

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Allium ascalonicumL. (c ) Artemisia vulgarisL.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Sibuyas tagalog (Filipino); Shallots; Wild onion (English) (c) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)

dizziness  (a) top leaves (b) bulb (c) leaves Bataan
         
 

(a) bayabas mix with (b) kilala (c) palad

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Cordyline fruticosa(L.) A. Chev (c ) Opuntia cochenillifera(L.) P. Mill.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Tungkod-pare (Filipino); Tigplant (English); Baston de San Jose (Spanish) (c) Dilang-baka (Filipino); Nopal de cochinilla (Spanish)

stomachache  leaves Davao
         
 

(a) Tambagisa (Vis.) mix with (b) kanegag (c) rice grains

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(a) Voacanga globosa (Blanco) Merr. (b) Not provided (c ) Oryza sativaL.

(a) Bayag-usa (Filipino) (b) Not provided (c) Bigas (Filipino); Rice grains; Rice (English)

stomachache  (a) seeds (b) seeds (c) grains Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Biasang (Vis.) mix with (b) tanglad (c) ginger

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(b) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (c ) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Biasang (b) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (c) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

gas pain  (a) fruit; (b) leaves (c) rhizome Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Samak mix with (b) Kapasanglay

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(a) Macaranga tanarius(L.) Mll. Arg. (b) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Binunga (Filipino); Parasol leaf tree (English) (b) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English)

weak lungs  (a) bark (b) bark Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Samak mix with (b) Kapasanglay

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(a) Macaranga tanarius(L.) Mll. Arg. (b) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Binunga (Filipino); Parasol leaf tree (English) (b) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English)

tuberculosis  (a) bark (b) bark Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Bitaog mix with (b) pangyawan (bagou) (c) lagtan (d) gabong

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(a) Calophyllum inophyllumL. (b) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (c ) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (d) Not provided

(a) Bitaog (Filipino); Sweet-scented calophyllum; Mastwood; Alexandrian laurel (English) (b) Makabuhay (Filipino) (c) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (d) Not provided

abortifacient  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) bogbogayong (Ilk.) mix with (b) tamarind (c) bayabas (d) sobosob (e) calamias

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(a) Not provided (b) Tamarindus indicaL. (c ) Psidium guajavaL. (d) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (e) Averrhoa bilimbiL.

(a) bogbogayong (b) Sampalok (Filipino); Tamarind (Engllish) (c) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (d) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (e) Kamias (Filipino); Bilimbi (English); Kalamias (Tag)

pasma  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Cagayan
         
 

(a) Banban (Bis.) with (b) Badbaran (Bis.) and (c) Sulbaran (Bis.)

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(a) Donax cannaeformis (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

(a) Bonbon (Tag.); manban (Tag.); Common donax (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

Maladies caused by "witchcraft" like daot, paktol, barang  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan