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
         
 

Taligpo-tigpo (Talaingod manobo)

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Ardisia sp.

Not provided

For samad na naay nuka (Bisaya), wound with pus (English)   Bark Davao - Talaingod Manobo
         
 

Kamogna (Tagabawa), Lubigan (Tagalog)

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Acorus calamusL. , A. gramineus Aiton

Sweet calamus (English), Lubigan (Filipino)

For sammor or na "ana iring nita", na dili ingon nato (Bisaya), na nuno (Tagalog)  Mature leaves Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

1 Manggula (Tagakaulo) 2 Bawing (Tagakaulo), Balanoy (Tagalog)

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1 Uncollected. 2 Ocimum basilicum L.

1 Not provided 2 Sweet basil (English), Balanoy (Filipino)

For seizure, kawasan sa usa (Tagakaulo), magkirig na tao (Bisaya)  Bark and Bulb Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Anduduket (Tagakaolo), Dalupang (Tagalog) 2 Gapas (Bisaya), Bulak (Tagalog)

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1 Urena lobata L. 2 Gossypium?hirsutum?L., Gossypium barbadense L.

1 Caesar weed (English), Dalupang (Filipino) 2 Cotton (English), Bulak (Filipino)

For severe diarrhea and vomiting, grabe nga kalibanga og suka  Roots and Young leaves Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Mansanitas (Bisaya, Tagalog) 2 Abokado (Bisaya, Tagalog) 3 Labana (Bisaya), Guyabano (Tagalog) 4 Santol (Bisaya, Tagalog) 5 Manga (Bisaya, Tagalog) 6 Tuba (Tagakaolo) 7 Bayabas (Tagalog, Bisaya)

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1 Ziziphus?jujuba?Mill. 2 Persea americana Mill. 3 Annona?muricata?L. 4 Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr. 5 Mangifera indica L. 6 Uncollected 7 Psidium guajava L.

1 Jujube plum (English), Manzanas (Spanish), Mansanitas (Filipino) 2 Avocado (English), Abokado (Filipino) 3 Graviola (English), Soursop (English), Guyabano (Filipino) 4 Red Santol (English), Lolly fruit (English), Santol (Filipino) 5 Mango (English), Manga (Filipino) 6 Not provided 7 Guava (English), Bayabas (Filipino)

For severe diarrhea, kalibanga na grabe na gyud (Bisaya)  1Bark 2 Bark 3 Bark 4 Bark 5 Bark 6 Mature Leaves 7 Mature Leaves Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Kape (Tagabawa, Bisaya, Tagalog) 2 Rame (Tagabawa), Andalamay (Bisaya), Lipang-aso (Tagalog)

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1 Coffea canephora Pierre ex A.Froehner, C. robusta L. Linden 2 Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.

1 Coffee (English), Kape (Filipino) 2 Ramie (English), China grass (English), Lipang-aso (Filipino)

For sibanlo (culturally defined, afflicted by not-like-ours)  Mature leaves Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

Sungay sa binaw

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Uncollected

Deer's horns

For sibanlo (culturally defined, afflicted by not-like-ours)  Horn Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

Kalatae (Tagabawa), Lagnub (Bisaya)

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Ficus sp.

Not provided

For sickness felt after missing a meal, para sa "pasmo" (Bisaya), "pasma" (Tagalog)  Mature Leaves Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

Tagamaing (Tagabawa), Andalapot or Gabon (Bisaya)

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Blumea sp.

Not provided

For sinnat  Bark Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

Banag (Tagabawa)

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Uncollected

Not provided

For sinnat (Tagabawa)  Mature leaves Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo