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) Damortis (Ilk.) with (b) Sagat (Ibn.;Neg.) (c) salamagi (d) acacia

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(a) Pithecellobium dulce(Roxb.) Benth. (b) Pterocarpus indicusWilld. (c ) Not provided (d) Samanea saman(Jacq.) Merr.

(a) Kamatsile (Filipino); Monkeypod (English) (b) Narra (Filipino) (c) Not provided (d) Acacia (Filipino; Spanish); Raintree (English)

high fever  bark Kalinga
         
 

(a) Sagat (Ilk.) w/ (b) Salamagi (Ilk) (c) Damortis (Ilk) (d) acacia

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(a) Pterocarpus indicusWilld. (b) Tamarindus indicaL. (c ) Pithecellobium dulce(Roxb.) Benth. (d) Samanea saman(Jacq.) Merr.

(a) Narra (Filipino) (b) Sampalok (Filipino); Tamarind (Engllish) (c) Kamatsile (Filipino); Monkeypod (English) (d) Acacia (Filipino; Spanish); Raintree (English)

high fever  mixed with other plant barks Kalinga
         
 

Salamagi (Ilk.)

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Tamarindus indicaL.

Sampalok (Filipino); Tamarind (Engllish)

high fever  mixed with other plants Kalinga
         
 

(a) Alladam (red) (Ilk.) mixed with (b) alupa (c) anonas (d) kapasanglay (e) tagumbaw (f) bayabas (g) bayog tawwa (h) dangla soaked (i) coconut oil

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(a) Not provided (b) Uvaria rufa Blume (c ) Annona reticulataL. (d) Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (e) Jatropha curcasL. (f) Psidium guajavaL. (g) Not provided (h) Vitex negundoL. (I) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Alladam (b) Hilagak (Filipino); Susong-kalabaw (Tagalog); Alupa (Iloko) (c ) Anonas (Filipino); Custard apple (English) (d) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English); Kapasanglai (Iloko) (e) Tubang Bakod (Filipino); Big purge nut; Physic nut; Barbados nut (English); Tagumbaw (Iloko) (f) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (g) bayog tawwa (h) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English); Dangla (Iloko) (I) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English) coconut oil

inflammation of any part of the body  fresh roots Kalinga
         
 

Alupa (Ilk.)

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Uvaria rufa Blume

Hilagak (Filipino); Susong-kalabaw (Tagalog)

inflammation of any part of the body  mixed with other plants Kalinga
         
 

Anonas (Ilk.)

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Annona reticulataL.

Anonas (Filipino); Custard apple (English)

inflammation of any part of the body  mixed with other plants Kalinga
         
 

Kapasanglay (Ilk.)

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Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English)

inflammation of any part of the body  mixed with other plants Kalinga
         
 

Tawwa china (Ilk.)

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Not provided

Not provided

inflammation of any part of the body  fresh roots in combination with other fresh roots Kalinga
         
 

Aba (Ilk.)

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Alocasia macrorrhizos(L.) G. Don

Biga (Filipino); Aba (Ibanag)

kidney trouble  fresh leaves Kalinga
         
 

Banaba

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Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  fresh leaves Kalinga