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
         
 

pili

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Canarium ovatum Engl.

pili (Tag.); oily pili, Philippine nut, pili nut, Galip nut (Engl.)

for high blood pressure  bark Samar Island
         
 

polipog

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uncollected, unidentified

Not provided

for high blood pressure  roots Samar Island
         
 

sibukaw

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Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Swartz

Not provided

For high blood pressure  bark Samar Island
         
 

tanglad

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Andropogon citratus (DC.)

tanglad (Tag., Bik., Bis.); salai, salaid (Tag.); citronella grass, fever grass, lemon grass, sweet rush, ginger-grass (Engl.); balioko (Bis.); barani (Ilk.); sai (Mbo., Mand., Sul.)

For high blood pressure  whole plant Samar Island
         
 

ulasimang bato

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Begonia sp.

Not provided

for high blood pressure  root Samar Island
         
 

luy-a

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Zingiber officinale Roscoe

luya (Tag.); common ginger, ginger (Engl.); agat (Pamp., Pang.); baseng (Ilk.); laiya (If.); laya (Ilk., Bon., Ibn., It.); luy-a (Bis.)

for hoarse voice  rhizome Samar Island
         
 

kidya

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Citrus microcarpa Bunge

kalamansi, aldonisis, kalamondin (Tag.); Chinese orange, calamondin, calamondin orange, kalamansi lime, panama orange, Philippine lime (Engl.); calamonding (P. Bis.); calamunding (Pamp.)

For hoarse voice  fruit Samar Island
         
 

apog

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Calcium hydroxide

apog

For hoarse voice  apog Samar Island
         
 

angheliko

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Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers

cathedral bells, katakataka

For infected wound  leaf Samar Island
         
 

badyang

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Alocasia macrorhizos (L.) G Don

malabiga (Tag.); giant elephant ear, giant taro, large taro (Engl.); aba (Ibn.); aba-aba (Ig.); badiang (Tag., Bis.); bagiang (Bis.); bira, sininaba (Ilk.); biga (Tag., Ilk., Bis., Pamp.); bilbila (Bon.); gabi (Bik.); galiang, ragiang, taliang (Bis.); gandus (Pamp.)

For infected wound  stalk Samar Island
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