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) Barbanas mix with (b) abokado (c) mangga

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(a) Not provided (b) Persea americanaMill. (c ) Mangifera indicaL.

(a) Barbanas (b) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (c) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English)

constipation  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Saraisa (Ilk.) mix with (b) avocado

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(a) Not provided (b) Persea americanaMill.

(a) Not provided (b) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English)

loose bowel movement  both leaves Kalinga
         
 

(a) Bugayana mix with (b) malagaya ( c) lunga

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(a) Not provided (b) Oryza sativaL. (c ) Sesamum indicumL.

(a) Not provided (b) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English) (c ) Linga (Filipino); Sesame (English)

headache  seeds for each Cebu
         
 

(a) Pesaw-pesaw sa iro cocogbanog mix with (b) dila-dila (c) kalagas-kagas (d) siling gamay

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(a) Not provided (b) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr. (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Dila-dila (Filipino) (c) Not provided (d) Not provided

fever  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Pesaw-pesaw sa iro cocogbanog mix with (b) dila-dila (c) kalagas-kagas (d) siling gamay

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(a) Not provided (b) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr. (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Dila-dila (Filipino) (c) Not provided (d) Not provided

constipation  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Pesaw-pesaw sa iro cocogbanog mix with (b) dila-dila (c) kalagas-kagas (d) siling gamay

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(a) Not provided (b) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr. (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Dila-dila (Filipino) (c) Not provided (d) Not provided

relapse  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Atay-atay with (b) Kabon-kabon and (c) Kakaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Theobroma cacao

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Kakaw (Tag.); Cacao tree (Engl.)

Hubag na walay mata (closed boils)  (a) bark (b) fleshy part (c) fruit Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Kabon-kabon (Bis.) with (b) atay-atay (Bis.) and (c) kakaw (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Theobroma cacao

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Kakau (Tag.); Cacao tree (Engl.)

Hubag naay mata (open boils)  (a) Fleshy part (b) leaves (c) fruit Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Kawilan (Bis.) with (b) mantaawi (Bis.), (c) bolongang balagon (Bis.), (d) bangkal (Bis.) and (e) salngan (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Nauclea orientalis (e) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Bulabangkal (Bis.); cheesewood (Engl.); leichhardt tree (Engl.) (e) Not provided

Bughat (a little more than relapse)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem (e) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Pahauling undan (Bis.) combination with (b) pahauling uli-uli (Bis.), (c) pahauling ulian (Bis.), (d) pahauling tungkan (Bis.) , (e) pahauling toko (Bis.), (f) pahauling tapol (Bis.), (g) pahauling tambauli (Bis.), (h)pahauling sumbalik (Bis.), (i) pahauling sida (Bis.), (j) pahauling pula (Bis.), (k) pahauling pelipog (Bis.), (l) pahauling lawihan (Bis.), (m) pahauling kahoy (Bis.), (n) pahauling hilaw (Bis.), (o) pahauling dagko (Bis.), (p) pahauling bangkuli (Bis.), (q) pahauli sa moros (Bis.), and (r) pahauling balagon (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Capparis sp. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Not provided (h) Not provided (i) Not provided (j) Not provided (k) Anaxagorea luzonensis (l) Not provided (m) Not provided (n) Not provided (o) Not provided (p) Not provided (q) Codiaeum sp. (r) Not provided

Common name not provided

Maladies caused by "witchcraft" like daot, paktol, barang, hilo; stomach ache  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) roots (h) roots (i) roots (j) roots (k) roots (l) roots (m) roots (n) roots (o) roots (p) roots (q) roots (r) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan