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

Bunal-bunal (Bis.) * Image in process *	Paraderris sp.	Common name not provided	Hubag naay mata (open boils)	Leaves	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Gumamela * Image in process *	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis	Gumamela (Engl.); tapalonga (Tag.); antolangan (Tag.); hibiscus (Engl.)	Hubag naay mata (open boils)	Flowers	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

(a) Kabon-kabon (Bis.) with (b) atay-atay (Bis.) and (c) kakaw (Bis.) * Image in process *	(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Theobroma cacao	(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Kakau (Tag.); Cacao tree (Engl.)	Hubag naay mata (open boils)	(a) Fleshy part (b) leaves (c) fruit	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Mayanang pula (Bis.) * Image in process *	Coleus scutellarioides (L.) benth	Malaina (Tag.); mayana (Bis.)	Hubag naay mata (open boils)	Leaves	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

O-on (Bis.) * Image in process *	Not known	Common name not provided	Hubag naay mata (open boils)	Bark	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Tagihomok (Bis.) * Image in process *	Not known	Common name not provided	Hubag naay mata (open boils)	Leaves	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Luya * Image in process *	Zingiber officinaleRoscoe	Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)	hyperacidity	rhizome	Cebu

Manzanilla * Image in process *	Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul.	Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English)	hyperacidity	leaves	Siquijor

(a) Alugbati plus (b) camote * Image in process *	(a) Basella albaL. (b) Ipomoea batatas(L.) Lam.	(a) Alugbati (Filipino); Malabar nighshade; Ceylon spinach (English) (b) Kamote (Filipino); Sweet potato (English)	hypertension	(a) stem and leaves (b) young shoot	Bontoc

Baraniw * Image in process *	Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf	Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)	hypertension	leaves	Bontoc

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