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) cacao mix with (b) kawayan (Ceb.)

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(a) Theobroma cacaoL. (b) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss

(a) Kakaw (Filipino); Cacao (English) (b) Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English)

late menstruation  (a) bark (b) roots Davao
         
 

(a) cacao mix with (b) tublai-tublai (c) pili

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(a) Theobroma cacaoL. (b) Not provided (c ) Canarium ovatumEngl.

(a) Kakaw (Filipino); Cacao (English) (b) Not provided (c) Pili (Filipino); Chinese olive; Pili nut (English)

relapse  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Davao
         
 

(a) daupang mix with damong (b) millet (c) kabayo

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(a) Triumfetta rhomboideaJacq. (b) Setaria italica(L.) P. Beauv. (c ) Hyptis suaveolens(L.) Poit.

(a) Kulotkulot (Filipino); Chinese burr; Burr bush; Paroquet bur; Diamond burrbark (English); Daupang (Sul) (b) Dawa (Filipino); Common millet; Italian bristle grass; Italian foxtail; Foxtail bristlegrass; Foxtail millet (English) (c) Suob-kabayo (Filipino); Bush-tea-bush; Pignut (English)

earache  leaves Davao
         
 

(a) luya mix with (b) ajos

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(a) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (b) Allium sativumL.

(a) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (b) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English)

snakebite  (a) rhizome (b) cloves Davao
         
 

1 Lappu (Tagabawa), Niyog (Tagalog), Lubi (Bisaya) (red kind) 2 Banana (English), Saging na Talumbaga (Tagabawa, Bisaya) 3 Barusbos (Tagabawa), Tubo (Tagalog, Bisaya)

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1 Cocos nucifera L. 2 Musa x paradisiaca L. 3 Saccharum officinarum L.

1 Coconut (English), Niyog (Filipino) 2 Banana (English), Saging (Filipino) 3 Sugar cane (English), Tubo (Filipino)

For suba or tipos (Tagabawa)  1 Fruit 2 Roots 3 Bark Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

1 Manaba (Tagabawa), Cardaba or Carnaba (Bisaya), 2 Pakal (Tagabawa)

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1 Musa paradisiaca?L., M. sapientum L, M.?_?paradisiaca?L., 2 Uncollected

1 Sweet plantain (English), Saba or Cardaba (Filipino) 2 Not provided

For menit e lawa (Tagabawa), kalintura (Bisaya)  Inner, white portion of the cardava fruit Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

1 Banag (Talaingod manobo, Tagalog), Banagan (Bisaya) 2 Mangga (Tagalog, Bisaya) 3 Kalaw (Talaingod manobo), Kogon (Tagalog, Bisaya)

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1 ?Smilax lanceifolia Roxb. 2 Mangifera indica L. 3?Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch.

1 Sarsaparilla vine (English), Banag (Filipino) 2 Mango (English), Manga (Filipino) 3 Spear grass, Cogon grass (English), Kogon (Filipino)

For indus langgosa (Talaingod manobo), kalibanga na may dugo (Bisaya), diarrhea with blood (English)  1 Roots 2 Leaves 3 Roots Davao - Talaingod Manobo
         
 

1 Malagatas (Talaingod manobo),Dita (Bisaya) 2 Banag (Talaingod manobo, Tagalog), Banagan (Bisaya)

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1 Alstonia sp. 2 Smilax lanceifolia Roxb.

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Pampagwapa sa kilay (Bisaya), to beautify the eyebrows   Bark or the leaf Davao - Talaingod Manobo
         
 

1 Malagatas (Talaingod manobo), Dita (Bisaya) 2 Uli-uli (Talaingod manobo) 3 Kulitot (Talaingod manobo)

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1 Alstoniasp. 2 Uncollected 3 Uncollected

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For lusong (Talaingod manobo), malaria (English)   1 Leaves 2 Leaves 3 Roots Davao - Talaingod Manobo
         
 

1 Tungyab (Tagabawa), Pinya (Tagalog, Bisaya) 2 Baddak (Tagabawa), Langka (Tagalog, Bisaya)

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1 Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. 2 Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

1 Pineapple (English), Native Pinya Filipino) 2 Jackfruit (English), Langka (Filipino)

For migraine  Both Young leaves and Mature leaves Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo