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

taheebo * Image in process *	Orthosiphon aristatus (Bl.) Miq.	balbas-pusa, kabling-gubat, kabling-parang (Tag.); Cat's whisker, Indian kidney tea, Java tea, kidney tea (Engl.)	leaf	For cough	Samar Island

Manunggal (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Unidentified	Common name not provided	Leech bite	Leaves, stem or roots	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Red fortune * Image in process *	Cordyline fruticosa(L.) A. Chev	Tungkod-pare (Filipino); Tigplant (English); Baston de San Jose (Spanish)	leg muscle pains	leaves	Pampanga

Kabusaw (Ilk.) * Image in process *	Not provided	Not provided	leprosy skin diseases	leaves	Kalinga

(a) Kabusaw (Ilk.) mix with (b) guava * Image in process *	(a) Not provided (b) Psidium guajavaL.	(a) Not provided (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)	leprosy	leaves	Ilocos Norte

Siva (Ilk.) * Image in process *	Datura metelL.	Talumpunay (Filipino); Thorn apple (English)	leprosy	leaves	Ilocos Norte

(a) Caimito (Ilk.) mix with (b) ledda (c) niog * Image in process *	(a) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (b) Not provided (c ) Cocos nuciferaL.	(a) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (b) Not provided (c) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)	leprosy	(a) leaves (b) roots and bark (c) leaves	Nueva Ecija

Coconut * Image in process *	Cocos nuciferaL.	Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)	leprosy	leaves	Nueva Ecija

(a) Ledda mix with (b) caimito (Ilk.) (c) niog * Image in process *	(a) Not provided (b) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (c ) Cocos nuciferaL.	(a) Not provided (b) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (c) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)	leprosy	(a) roots & bark (b) leaves (c) leaves	Nueva Ecija

Makabuhay * Image in process *	Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson	Makabuhay (Filipino)	leprosy	bark	Nueva Ecija

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