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) Pangasam or samsamon (Bis.) with (b) oregano and (c) lagundi

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(a) Not provided (b) Coleus aromaticus Benth. (c) Vitex negundo

(a) Not provided (b) Suganda (Tag.); oregano (Engl.); country borage (Engl.); indian borage (Engl.) (c) Chinese chastetree (Engl.); lagundi (Tag.,Bis.)

Cough and cold  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Payaw (Bis.) with banaba (Bis.) and sinaw-sinaw (Bis.)

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(a) Colocasia esculenta (b) Lagerstroemia speciosa (c) Peperomia pellucida

(a) Not provided (b) Bugaron (Tag.); duguam (Tag.); queen carpe myrle (Engl.) (c) Pansit-pansitan (Tag.); olasiman-ihalas (Tag.); clear weed (Engl.); shiny bush (Engl.)

Kidney trouble  (a) leaf (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Pinya (Bis.) with (b) abokado (Bis.) and (c) lansones (Bis.)

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(a) Annas comosus (b) Persea americana (c) Lansium domesticum

(a) Pinya (Tag.); pina (Tag.); pi_a (Bis., Tag.); pineapple (Engl.) (b) Avocado (Engl.) (c) Langsat (Engl.); lanzones (Engl.), bulahan (Bis.)

Indigestion  (a) leaf (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(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
         
 

(a) Puti laya (Bis.) with (b) narra (Bis.) and (c) duguan (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Pterocarpus indicus (c) Myristica sp.

Common name not provided

Irregular mentruation  (a) stem (b) bark (c) bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Salngan (Bis.) with (b) mantaawi (Bis.) and (c) kawilan (Bis.)

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(a) Blumeodendron philippinensi (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

Bughat (a little more than relapse); flatulence  (a) stem (b) stem (c) 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) Sibukaw (Bis.) with (b) duguan (Bis.)

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(a) Caesalpinia sappan (b) Myristica sp.

(a) Sappan wood (Engl.); indian redwood (Engl.) (b) Not provided

Anemic  (a) stem (b) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan