Siquijor - 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

Alo Bera (Bis.) * Image in process *	Aloe vera mill	Indian aloe (Engl.); sabila; sabila-pinya; aloe; dilang- boaia; dilang-halo; aloes	Falling of hair	Leaf pulp	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Sabila * Image in process *	Aloe vera(L.) Burm. f.	Sabila (Filipino); Aloe; Barbados aloe (English)	falling hair	leaves	Siquijor

(a) Halom pula (Bis.) with (b) eskobang mayawis (Bis.) and (c) mayanang kuyanap (Bis.) * Image in process *	(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.) * Image in process *	(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.) * Image in process *	Coleus blumei	Dafronaya (Span.); mayana (Bis.)	Eczema	Leaves	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Tulog-tulog balagon (Bis.) * Image in process *	Not known	Common name not provided	Eczema	Leaves	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Tulog-tulog pula (Bis.) * Image in process *	Breynia sp.	Red coffee-bush (Engl.); iron range breynia (Engl.)	Eczema	Leaves	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Mana (Bis.) * Image in process *	Not known	Common name not provided	Ear pus/earaches	Leaves and roots	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Kumintang or Apat-apat * Image in process *	Catharanthus roseus(L.) G. Don	Tsitsirika (Filipino); Madagascar periwinkle (English)	dysmenorrhea	roots	Siquijor

Bayabas * Image in process *	Psidium guajavaL.	Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)	dressing wounds	leaves	Siquijor

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