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
         
 

Corn

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Zea maysL.

Mais (Filipino); Corn (English)

kidney trouble  hair Leyte
         
 

(a) Corn mix with (b) hampay (c) tigbao (d) laas (e) mayana

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(a) Zea maysL. (b) Not provided (c ) Saccharum spontaneumL. (d) Not provided (e) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (b) Not provided (c) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English) (d) Not provided (e) Mayana (Filipino)

kidney trouble  (a) hair (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots Leyte
         
 

Dalamo (Waray)

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Laportea interrupta(L.) Chew

Lipang-aso (Filipino); Hawai'i woodnettle (English)

kidney trouble  whole plant Leyte
         
 

Ganda

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Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng.

Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English)

kidney trouble  leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Hampay mix with (b) corn (c) tigbao (d) laas (e) mayana

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(a) Not provided (b) Zea maysL. (c ) Saccharum spontaneumL. (d) Not provided (e) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Not provided (b) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (c) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English) (d) Not provided (e) Mayana (Filipino)

kidney trouble  (a) hair (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots Leyte
         
 

(a) Laas mix with (b) hampay (c) tigbao (d) corn (e) mayana

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Saccharum spontaneumL. (d) Zea maysL. (e) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English) (d) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (e) Mayana (Filipino)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) hair (e) roots Leyte
         
 

Lumboy

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Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels

Duhat (Filipino); Black plum; Java plum (English)

kidney trouble  leaves Leyte
         
 

Makahiya

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Mimosa pudicaL.

Makahiya (Filipino); Touch-me-not; Shameplant (English)

kidney trouble  roots Leyte
         
 

(a) Tigbao mix with (b) hampay (c) corn (d) laas (e) mayana

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(a) Saccharum spontaneumL. (b) Not provided (c ) Zea maysL. (d) Not provided (e) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English) (b) Not provided (c) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (d) Not provided (e) Mayana (Filipino)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) roots (c) hair (e) roots Leyte
         
 

Albutra

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Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr.

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

irregular menstruation  bark Leyte