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
         
 

Dluya (Subanon tribe)

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Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

rheumatism  rhizome Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Manan-an (Subanon)

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Zeuxine strateumatica(L.) Schltr.

Orchid; Soldier's orchid (English)

toothache  flower Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Phangendew (Subanon)

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Zeuxine strateumatica(L.) Schltr.

Orchid/Butterfly (English)

cough  flower Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Phangendew (Subanon)

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Zeuxine strateumatica(L.) Schltr.

Orchid/Butterfly (English)

fever  flower Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Tagilma (Subanon)

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Vitex negundoL.

Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English)

relapse after childbirth  leaves Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Violeta

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Viola odorataL.

Violeta (Filipino; Spanish); Violet; Sweet violet (English)

wounds  leaves Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Balatong

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Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek

Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English); Balatong (Tagalog; Ifugao; Ibanag; Iloko)

regulates menstruation  root Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Dalupang

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Triumfetta rhomboideaJacq.

Kulotkulot (Filipino); Chinese burr; Burr bush; Paroquet bur; Diamond burrbark (English)

boil  flower Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Gbelengabay (Subanon)

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Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson

Makabuhay (Filipino)

antifertility  leaves and vine Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Panyawan

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Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson

Makabuhay (Filipino)

ringworm  vine Zamboanga del Sur
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