Quezon - 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

Tobacco * Image in process *	Nicotiana tabacumL.	Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English)	wound infection	leaves	Quezon

Pandakaki * Image in process *	Tabernaemontana pandacaquiPoir.	Pandakaki (Filipino)	wound cleanser (newly circumcised)	bark and leaves	Quezon

Bayabas * Image in process *	Psidium guajava L.	Bayabas	Wound	Leaves	Alabat Island

Sabila * Image in process *	Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. /Aloe barbadensis Mill	Sabila	Wound	Leaves	Alabat Island

Tagulinaw * Image in process *	Emilia sonchifolia(L) DC	Tagulinaw (Filipino); Lilac tasselflower (English)	whooping cough	fresh leaves	Quezon

Herbasin or Kulwaga * Image in process *	Artemisia vulgarisL.	Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)	weak lungs	roots and leaves	Quezon

Sibu-sibuyasang pula * Image in process *	Not provided	Sibu-sibuyasang pula	weak lungs	fresh leaves	Quezon

Walis-walisan * Image in process *	Sida alnifolia var. alnifolia	Walis-walisan (Filipino)	weak lungs	fresh leaves	Quezon

Gugo * Image in process *	Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr.	Gugo	Washing hair and hands	Bark	Alabat Island

Damong-pailaya * Image in process *	Not provided	Not provided	vulnerary hemostatic	leaves	Quezon

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