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) Busicad mix with (b) kokogbanog (c) bila-bila (d) palova (e) bulugon (f) lupi (g) bayabas (h) mangosteen (i) mango (j) manzanilla (k) hilbas (l) japana (all Vis.)

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(a) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (b) Not provided (c ) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Phragmites australis(Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (g) Psidium guajavaL. (h) Garcinia mangostanaL. (I) Mangifera indicaL. (j) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (k) Not provided (l) Not provided

(a) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English) (b) Not provided (c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Tambo (Filipino); Common reed (English) (g) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (h) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English) (i) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (j) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (k) Not provided (l) Not provided

no appetite  (a) roots (1 pc.) (b) roots (1 pc.) (c) roots (1 pc.) (d) leaves (1 pc.) (e) petiole (5 in. long) (f) youngest leaf (1 pc.) (g) leaves (3 pcs.) (h) leaves (2 pcs.) (i) leaves (2 pcs.) (j) roots (1 pc.) (k) roots (1 pc.) (l) roots (1 pc.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Cabahong (Vis.) mix with (b) Sarguellas (Ilk.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Spondias purpureaL.

(a) Not provided (b) Sineguelas (Filipino); Purple mombin (English)

big and not healing wounds  bark for both Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Cacao-cacao mix with (b) salibadbad (c) anonang (d) dita (e) tagitang (f) banawak (g) banagan (Vis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (d) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Smilax bracteata C.Presl

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (d) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English) (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Banag (Filipino)

relapse after childbirth  (a) roots (b) bark (c) bark (d) bark (e) bark (f) vine (g) ubod Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Caimito mix with (b) guava (c) coffee

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(a) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (b) Psidium guajavaL. (c ) CoffeaL.

(a) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (c ) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English)

stomachache  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Caimito mix with (b) santol (c) guava (d) mangga

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(a) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (b) Sandoricum koetjape(Burm. f.) Merr. (c ) Psidium guajavaL. (d) Mangifera indicaL.

(a) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (b) Santol (Filipino) (c) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (d) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English)

blood vomiting  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark (d) bark Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Cenaguli (Tausug) mix with (b) Bicad-bicad (Sul.)

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

(a) Not provided (b) Crowsfoot grass; manienie ali'I; Silver crabgrass; Wiregrass; Indian goosegrass Goosegrass (English)

for general condition of the body  (a) roots (b) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Coffee mix with (b) mango (c) starapple (d) pia (e) jackfruit

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(a) CoffeaL. (b) Mangifera indicaL. (c ) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (d) Ananas comosus(L.) Merr. (e) Artocarpus heterophyllusLam.

(a) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (b) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (c) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (d) Pinya (Filipino); Pineapple (English) (e) Langka (Filipino); Jackfruit (English)

indigestion  (a) leaves (3 pcs.) (b) leaves (3 pcs.) (c) leaves (1 pc.) (d) leaves (1 pc.) (e) leaves (3 pcs.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Coffee mix with (b) mangosteen (c) mango

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(a) CoffeaL. (b) Garcinia mangostanaL. (c ) Mangifera indicaL.

(a) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (b) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English) (c) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English)

diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Coffee mix with (b) mangosteen (c) mango

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(a) CoffeaL. (b) Garcinia mangostanaL. (c ) Mangifera indicaL.

(a) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (b) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English) (c) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English)

swollen body  young leaves Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Compesaw mix with (b) mayana (red) (c) hawan (red) (d) murado or maragaya (Vis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Mayana/pula (Filipino) (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

severe mosquito bites  (a) leaves (1 pc.) (b) leaves (3 pcs.) (c) leaves (4 pcs.) (d) leaves (4 pcs.) Zamboanga