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
         
 

Amuyong

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Goniothalamus amuyon (Blanco) Merr.

Amuyong

Kabag o tabaw (Tympanism)  Fruits Alabat Island
         
 

Dalao

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Acorus calamusL.

Lubigan (Filipino); Sweetflag; Calamus (English)

kabag; stomach ache; ulcer  rhizome Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Kabuhay (Bis.) with (b) kaningag (Bis.) and (c) tabog hangin (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Cinnamomum zeylanicum breyn. (c) Goniothalamus sp.

(a) Not provided (b) Kalingag (Tag.); cinnamon (Engl.); kalingag tree (Engl.) (c) Not provided

Kabuhi (combination of severe, headache, vomiting)  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Kaningag (Bis.) with (b) tabog hangin (Bis.) and (c) kulinos kahoy (Bis.)

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(a) Cinnamomum zeylanicum breyn. (b) Goniothalamus sp. (c) Not provided

(a) Kalingag (Tag.); cinnamon (Engl.); kalingag tree (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

Kabuhi (combination of severe, headache, vomiting)  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Hilbas mix with (b) Handilibon

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

kabuli  (a) leaves (b) stem Zamboanga
         
 

Kamatistagalog

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Lycopersicon esculentum Mill

Kamatistagalog

Kalamayo sa bata  Leaves Alabat Island
         
 

(a) Amargoso (b) tigaw (c) hagonoi

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(a) Momordica charantiaL. (b) Callicarpa candicans(Burm. f.) Hochr. (c ) Lantana camaraL.

(a) Ampalaya (Filipino); Bittergourd; Balsampear (English) (b) Tigaw (Filipino) (c) Lantana (Filipino); Largeleaf lantana (English)

kangkaro ( a kind of skin disease)  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Aklan
         
 

Kapayan (Il. Bis.)

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Carica papayaL.

Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English)

kibol (Il.Bis.) or kalyo (Tag.)  latex Iloilo
         
 

Balbas kusa (Bis.)

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Orthosiphon aristatus Benth

Kabling-gubat (Tag.); balbas pusa (Tag.); kabling-parang; cat's whiskers (Engl.)

Kidney and bladder stones; gout; lowers the blood sugar in diabetic  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Ngalug

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Peperomia pellucida(L.) Kunth

Ulasiman-bato (Filipino); Man to man (English)

kidney and urinary infections  whole plant Nueva Vizcaya
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