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) Paunas mix with (b) kaningag (c) banag (Waray)

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(a) Not provided (b) Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm. (c ) Thespesia populnea(L.) Sol. ex Corr_a

(a) Not provided (b) Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English) (c) Banago (Filipino); Portia tree; Seaside mahoe (English)

late menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Leyte
         
 

(a) Pangyawan (Bagou) mix with (b) bitaog (c) lagtan (d) gabong

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(a) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (b) Calophyllum inophyllumL. (c ) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (d) Not provided

(a) Makabuhay (Filipino) (b) Bitaog (Filipino); Sweet-scented calophyllum; Mastwood; Alexandrian laurel (English) (c) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (d) Not provided

abortifacient  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Panghasan mix with (b) kangkangon (c) kangingag (d) Kawilan (P.Bis.) (e) tallikod

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm. (d) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (e) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English) (d) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (e) Not provided

gas pain  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots Leyte
         
 

(a) Oslom mix with (b) kapok-sanglay

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

whooping cough  (a) leaves (b) leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Nagasi mix with (b) Hamuraon (Waray;Bik.) (c) tuog

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(a) Not provided (b) Vitex parvifloraJuss. (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Molave (Filipino); Smallflower chastetree (English) (c) Not provided

pyorrhea  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Leyte
         
 

(a) Mani-manian mix with (b) kawayan

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(a) Desmodium heterocarpon(L.) DC. (b) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss

(a) Tayam (Filipino); Asian ticktrefoil (English) (b) Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English)

toothache  (a) roots (b) roots Leyte
         
 

(a) Mangga mix with (b) barbanas (c) avocado

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

(a) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (b) Not provided (c) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English)

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

(a) Malobago mix with (b) karanyan

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(a) Talipariti tiliaceum(L.) Fryxell (b) Campylospermum angustifolium

(a) Malabago (Filipino); Malubago (Tagalog; Bikol) (b) Barsik (Filipino)

paralysis  (a) leaves (b) leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Madbad mix with (b) suha (c) lagundi (d) aslum (Waray) (e) lakdan (f) kalunggay (g) tanglad (h) adgao

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(a) Not provided (b) Citrus maxima(Burm. f.) Merr. (c ) Vitex negundoL. (d) Not provided (e) Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn. (f) Moringa oleiferaLam. (g) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (h) Premna odorataBlanco

(a) Not provided (b) Suha (Filipino); Grape-fruit pummelo; Shaddock; Pomelo (English) (c) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English) (d) Not provided (e) Lagtang (Filipino) (f) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English) (g) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (h) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English)

bath for newly delivered mothers  all leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Listones mix with (b) tuba (c) kadlum

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(a) Not provided (b) Croton tigliumL. (c ) Pogostemon heyneanus Benth.

(a) Not provided (b) Tuba (Filipino); Croton; Purging croton (English) (c) Kadlum (Filipino); Indian patchouli (English)

loose bowel movement  (a) roots (b) dry leaves (c) roots Leyte