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
         
 

mansanilya

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Chrysanthemum indicum L.

dolontas (Tag.); Roman camomile, Garden camomile, Winter aster, Ground apple, Mother's daisy, Whig plant (Engl.); manzanilla (Sp., Fil.); mansanilya-a-babasit (Ilk.)

For febrile convulsion  leaf Samar Island
         
 

ginsen

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uncollected, unidentified

Not provided

For fatigue   root Samar Island
         
 

dabodabo

* Image in process *

Gynotroches axillaris Blume

fish eyes

For edema  root Samar Island
         
 

dabodabo

* Image in process *

Gynotroches axillaris Blume

fish eyes

For edema  trunk Samar Island
         
 

orukay

* Image in process *

Ficus sp.

Not provided

for dysentery  root Samar Island
         
 

mansanitas

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Muntingia calabura L.

aratiles, latires, ratiles (Tag.); calabura, calabur tree, cherry tree, panama berry, silk wood (Engl.); datiles (Tag., Bik.); seresa (Ilk.); zanitas (Ilk., Ibn)

for dysentery  root, young leaf Samar Island
         
 

tabulyan

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Leea sp.

Not provided

for dysentery  root Samar Island
         
 

tangulon

* Image in process *

uncollected, unidentified

Not provided

for dysentery  root Samar Island
         
 

abaka

* Image in process *

uncollected, unidentified

Not provided

for dysentery  leaf sheath (saha) Samar Island
         
 

bunak

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Vavea amicorum Benth

Not provided

for dysentery  root Samar Island
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