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
         
 

Madre de cacao

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Gliricidia sepium(Jacq.) Kunth

Kakawate (Filipino); Quickstick (English)

delayed menstruation  bark Antique
         
 

Albutra

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Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr.

Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.)

delayed menstruation  vine Palawan
         
 

Loco-loco

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Hyptis suaveolens(L.) Poit.

Suob-kabayo (Filipino); Bush-tea-bush; Pignut (English)

delayed menstruation  roots Palawan
         
 

(a) tagpe with (b) albutra

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(a) Not provided (b) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr.

(a) Not provided (b) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.)

delayed menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots Palawan
         
 

Kulut-kulutan

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Triumfetta rhomboideaJacq.

Kulutkulutan (Filipino); Chinese burr; Burr bush; Paroquet bur; Diamond burrbark (English)

deficient urination  roots Quezon
         
 

Sili (Labuyo)

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Capsicum annuum var. annuumL.

Siling labuyo (Filipino); Hot pepper; Cayenne pepper (English)

defective liver  leaves Zamboanga
         
 

Kabiro-biro

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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl

Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English)

deep wounds  leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

Kambasa (Waray)

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Cucurbita maximaDuchesne

Kalabasa (Filipino); Squash; Winter squash (English)

deafness  stem Nueva Ecija
         
 

Palio

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Not provided

Not provided

deafness  leaves Leyte
         
 

Bamboo

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Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss

Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English)

deafness  shoot Cagayan
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