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) Luya with (b) buyo (c) apog (d) bunga or Arecanut (Eng.) (e) kasoy

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(a) Croton tigliumL. (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Not provided (d) Areca catechuL. (e) Anacardium occidentaleL.

(a) Tuba (Filipino); Croton; Purging croton (English) (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Apog (d) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (e) Kasoy (Filipino); Cashew (English)

earache  (a) fruit/nut (b) leaves (c) powder (d) rhizome (e) leaves Romblon
         
 

(a) Makabuhay in combination with (b) sambre (c) alibutra (R. Bis.)

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

(a) Makabuhay (Filipino) (b) Sambre (c) Suma (Filipino); Alibodra (P.Bis)

abortifacient  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Manzanilla with (b) dug-an

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(a) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (b) Not provided

(a) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (b) dug-an

irregular menstruation  (a) leaves (b) bark Romblon
         
 

(a) Niog-niogan in combination with (b) agboy (c) Alimog-mog (d) tebeg (e) anonang

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(a) Combretum indicum(L.) DeFilipps (b) Mussaenda philippicaA. Rich. (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst.

(a) Niyog-niyogan (Filipino); Burma creeper (English) (b) Kahoy-dalaga (Filipino) (c) Not provided (d) Tebeg (e) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English)

pasma  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark (d) bark (e) bark Romblon
         
 

(a) Palo-china in combination with (b) tambalagisa (c) anonang (d) an-anino (e) harupay (f) lambayong (g) alibutra (R. Bis.)

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(a) Senna alata(L.) Roxb. (b) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (c ) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (d) Not provided (e) Mimosa pudicaL. (f) Ipomoea pes-caprae(L.) R. Br. (g) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr.

(a) Akapulko (Filipino); Ringworm shrub; Emperor's candlesticks (English) (b) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English); Tambalagisa (c) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (d) an-anino (e) Makahiya (Filipino); Touch-me-not; Shameplant (English) (f) Bagaswa (Filipino); Goat's foot creeper; Bayhops (English) (g) Suma (Filipino); Alibodra (P.Bis)

anemia  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark (d) bark (e) bark (f) bark (g) bark Romblon
         
 

(a) Pandan with (b) corn (c) cogon (d) coconut (e) banaba

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(a) Pandanus tectoriusParkinson ex Zucc. (b) Zea maysL. (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (d) Cocos nuciferaL. (e) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Pandan (Filipino); Thatch screwpine; Textile screwpine; Tahitian screwpine; Pandan (English) (b) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (d) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English) (e) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  (a) shoot (b) hairs (c) shoot (d) water (e) leaves Romblon
         
 

(a) Pangalion tagpo in combination with (b) hawason (c) diagangan (d) astiotis (R. Bis.) (e) kayang-kang (f) Kabugaw (Tag.) (g) alibutra (h) agong-ong

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Bixa orellanaL. (e) Schefflera elliptica(Blume) Harms (f) Citrus hystrixDC. (g) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (h) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English) (e) Lima-lima (Filipino) (f) Kabuyau (Filipino) (g) Suma (Filipino); Alibodra (P.Bis) (h) Not provided

relapse  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Saguli in combination with (b) alibotbot (c) agong-agong

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(a) Not provided (b) Tabernaemontana pandacaquiPoir. (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Pandakaki (Filipino) (c) Not provided

relapse of newly delivered mothers  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Sambre in combination with (b) alibutra (R. Bis.) (c) makabuhay

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

(a) Not provided (b) Suma (Filipino); Alibodra (P.Bis) (c) Makabuhay (Filipino)

abortifacient  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Sambre with (b) buyo (c) Sentimiento (d) kadlum (e) luya

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(a) Not provided (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Not provided (d) Pogostemon heyneanus Benth. (e) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Sambre (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Not provided (d) Kadlum (Filipino); Indian patchouli (English) (e) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

stomachache with vomiting  (a) roots (b) leaves (c) roots (d) roots (e) rhizome Romblon