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

Ngalug (Ilk.) * Image in process *	Portulaca oleraceaL.	Gulasiman (Filipino); Purslane; Little hogweed; Akulikuli-kula; Duckweed; Pursley; Wild portulaca; Garden purslane (English)	kidney trouble	bark	Ilocos Norte

(a) Pulto-pulto (Ilk.) with (b) atis and ( c) malvas * Image in process *	(a) Not provided (b) Annona squamosaL. (c ) Abutilon indicum(L.) Sweet	(a) Not provided (b) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English) (c) Malbas (Filipino); Monkeybush (English); Malvas (Spanish)	kidney trouble	roots	Ilocos Norte

Sitao * Image in process *	Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp.	Sitaw (Filipino); String beans; Blackeyed pea (English)	kidney trouble	leaves	Ilocos Norte

Taltalikod (Ilk.) * Image in process *	Phyllanthus niruriL.	Sampa-sampalukan (Filipino); Gale of the wind (English)	kidney trouble	roots	Ilocos Norte

Aba (Ilk.) * Image in process *	Alocasia macrorrhizos(L.) G. Don	Biga (Filipino); Aba (Ibanag)	kidney trouble	fresh leaves	Kalinga

Banaba * Image in process *	Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.	Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)	kidney trouble	fresh leaves	Kalinga

Buayong (Kal.) * Image in process *	Not provided	Not provided	kidney trouble	leaves	Kalinga

(a) Mais (Ilk.) 1st treatment (b) 2nd treatment utong (beans) * Image in process *	(a) Zea maysL. (b) Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp.	(a) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (b) Sitaw (Filipino); String beans; Blackeyed pea (English)	kidney trouble	(a) leaves (b) leaves	Kalinga

Ngalug (Ilk.) * Image in process *	Portulaca oleraceaL.	Gulasiman (Filipino); Purslane; Little hogweed; Akulikuli-kula; Duckweed; Pursley; Wild portulaca; Garden purslane (English)	kidney trouble	stem epidermis; leaves	Kalinga

Pan-aw (Ilk.) * Image in process *	Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.	Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)	kidney trouble	leaves	Kalinga

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