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) Halom pula (Bis.) with (b) eskobang mayawis (Bis.) and (c) mayanang kuyanap (Bis.)

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(a) Amaranthus paniculatus (b) Sida acuta (c) Coleus blumei

(a) Halon (Tag.); red amaranth (Engl.) (b) Common wireweed (Engl.); escobang-haba (Tag.) (c) Dafronaya (Span.); mayana (Bis.)

Eczema  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Hugalpo (Bis.) with (b) halom pula (Bis.) and (c) mayanang pula (Bis.)

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(a) Crassocephalum crepidioides (b) Amaranthus paniculatus (c) Coleus scutellarioides (L.) benth

(a) Redflower ragleaf (Engl.) (b) Halon (Tag.); Red amaranth (Engl.) (c) Malaina (Tag.); mayana (Bis.)

Eczema  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Mayanang kuyanap (Bis.)

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Coleus blumei

Dafronaya (Span.); mayana (Bis.)

Eczema   Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Tulog-tulog balagon (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Eczema   Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Tulog-tulog pula (Bis.)

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Breynia sp.

Red coffee-bush (Engl.); iron range breynia (Engl.)

Eczema   Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Sabila

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Aloe vera(L.) Burm. f.

Sabila (Filipino); Aloe; Barbados aloe (English)

falling hair  leaves Siquijor
         
 

Alo Bera (Bis.)

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Aloe vera mill

Indian aloe (Engl.); sabila; sabila-pinya; aloe; dilang- boaia; dilang-halo; aloes

Falling of hair  Leaf pulp Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Ikug-ikug with (b) dalaput (c) Bila-bila (d) Pisik (e) Konsensi

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(a) Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (d) Centipeda minima(L.) A. Braun & Asch. (e) Not provided

(a) Hikau-hikauan (Filipino); Ikug-ikug (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis) (d) Pisik (Filipino); Spreading sneezeweed (English) (e) Konsensi

fever  (a) roots (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Siquijor
         
 

(a) Konsensi with (b) Bila-bila

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(a) Not provided (b) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Konsensi (b) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis)

fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves Siquijor
         
 

(a) Pisik with (b) Bila-bila (c) Escobang mayawis

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(a) Centipeda minima(L.) A. Braun & Asch. (b) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (c ) Sida alnifolia var. alnifolia

(a) Harangan (Filipino; Spreading sneezeweed (English) (b) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (c) Walis-walisan (Filipino)

fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor