Ethnopharmacolgy - 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) Abokado (Bis.) with (b) Kaimito (Bis.) and (c) Lomboy (Bis.) * Image in process *	(a) Persea americana (b) Chrysophyllum cainito Linn. (c) Syzygium cuminii	(a) Avocado (Engl.) (b) Kaymito (Bis.); caimito (Tag.); star apple (Engl.) (c) Duhat (Tag.); java plum (Engl.)	Headache	(a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

(a) Atay-atay (Bis.) with (b) Halom pula (Bis.) (c) Mayanang puti (Bis.) and (d) Hugalpo (Bis.) * Image in process *	(a) Not provided (b) Amaranthus paniculatus (c) Coleus blancoi (d) Crassocephalum crepidioides	(a) Not provided (b) Halon (Tag.); Red amaranth (Engl.) (c) Daponaya (Bis.); Mayana (Bis.) (d) Redflower ragleaf (Engl.)	Headache	(a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Anonang * Image in process *	Cordia dichotoma G.Forst.	Anonang	Headache	Leaves	Alabat Island

Damongmarya (Marya) * Image in process *	Artemisia vulgaris L.	Damongmarya (Marya)	Headache	Leaves	Alabat Island

Damong pailaya * Image in process *	Not known	Damong pailaya	Headache	Leaves	Alabat Island

Sambongsambungan * Image in process *	Not known	Sambongsambungan	Headache	Leaves	Alabat Island

Tagulinaw * Image in process *	Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. Ex DC.	Tagulinaw	Headache	Leaves	Alabat Island

Sarimara: Litlit (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Piper sp.	Common name not provided	Headache	Leaves	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Bung bungo (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Ficus pseudopalma Blanco	Philippine fig (English), Draceana fig (English)	Headache	Young leaves	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Kasla (Hanunuo Mangyan), Tuba-tuba (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Jatropha curcas L.	Tubang-bakod (Filipino), Physic nut tree (English)	Headache	Leaves	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

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