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) Lagikaw (Bis.) with (b) hantalabako (Bis.), (c) malawmaw (Bis.), (d) tugas hamol-aw (Bis.) and (e) taypong pula (Bis.)

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(a) Medinilla sp. (b) Solanum sp. (c) Not provided (d) Vitex sp. (e) Ardisia sp.

Common name not provided

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem (e) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Sambag (Bis.) with (b) lomboy (Bis.) and (c) nangka (Bis.)

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(a) Tamarindus indica Linn. (b) Syzygium cuminii (c) Artocarpus heterophyllus

(a) Sampalok (Tag.); sweet tamarind (Engl.) (b) Duhat (Tag.); java plum (Engl.) (c) Nangka (Bis.); langka (Tag.); jack tree (Engl.)

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time)  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Santol (Bis.) with (b) abokado (Bis.) and lomboy (Bis.)

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(a) Sandoricum koetjape (b) Persea americana (c) Syzygium cuminii

(a) Cotton fruit (Engl.); lolly fruit (Engl.); santol (Tag.) (b) Avocado (Engl.) (c) Duhat (Tag.); java plum (Engl.)

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time)  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Sereguelas (Bis.) with (b) nangka (Bis.) and (c) santol (Bis.)

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(a) Spondias purpurea (b) Artocarpus heterophyllus (c) Sandoricum koetjape

(a) Spanish plum (Engl.); sineguelas (Tag.); scarlet plum (Engl.) (b) Nangka (Bis.); langka (Tag.); jack tree (Engl.) (c) Cotton fruit (Engl.); lolly fruit (Engl.); santol (Tag.)

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time)  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a)Alibotbot (Bis.) with (b) Luy-a tapol (Bis.) and (c) Kaningag (Bis.)

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(a)Tabernaemontana pandacaqui poir. (b) Amomum zingeber (c) Cinnamomum zeylanicum breyn.

(a) Kampupot (Tag.); pandakaki-puti (Tag.); banana bush (Engl.); windmill bush (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Kalingag (Tag.); cinnamon (Engl.); kalingag tree (Engl.)

Nausea  (a) stem (b) rhizome (c) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Dabdaban (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Muscle pains  Bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Alangitngit

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Carmona retusa(Vahl) Masam.

Tsaang-gubat (Filipino); Scorpionbush (English)

muscle pain  leaves Siquijor
         
 

Bogo-bogo (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Mounth sore  Fruits Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Gaan-gaan (Bis.)

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Flemingia macrophylla

Common name not provided

Migraine  Stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Pahauling undan (Bis.) combination with (b) pahauling uli-uli (Bis.), (c) pahauling ulian (Bis.), (d) pahauling tungkan (Bis.) , (e) pahauling toko (Bis.), (f) pahauling tapol (Bis.), (g) pahauling tambauli (Bis.), (h)pahauling sumbalik (Bis.), (i) pahauling sida (Bis.), (j) pahauling pula (Bis.), (k) pahauling pelipog (Bis.), (l) pahauling lawihan (Bis.), (m) pahauling kahoy (Bis.), (n) pahauling hilaw (Bis.), (o) pahauling dagko (Bis.), (p) pahauling bangkuli (Bis.), (q) pahauli sa moros (Bis.), and (r) pahauling balagon (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Capparis sp. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Not provided (h) Not provided (i) Not provided (j) Not provided (k) Anaxagorea luzonensis (l) Not provided (m) Not provided (n) Not provided (o) Not provided (p) Not provided (q) Codiaeum sp. (r) Not provided

Common name not provided

Maladies caused by "witchcraft" like daot, paktol, barang, hilo; stomach ache  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) roots (h) roots (i) roots (j) roots (k) roots (l) roots (m) roots (n) roots (o) roots (p) roots (q) roots (r) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan