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) Piarina mix with (b) atsibar (Ilk.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Iris domestica(L.) Goldblatt & Mabb.

(a) Not provided (b) Abaniko (Filipino); Black berry lily (English); Atsibar

mild tuberculosis  (a) trunk (b) leaf Kalinga
         
 

Anunas

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Annona reticulataL.

Anonas (Filipino); Custard apple (English)

milk stimulant  bark and leaves Palawan
         
 

Duao (Ceb.)

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Curcuma longaL.

Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English)

minor bruises  rhizome Agusan del Norte
         
 

Papaya

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Carica papayaL.

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

minor burns  fresh trunk or main stem Bontoc
         
 

Ulingon

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Cratoxylum sumatranum (Jack) Blume

Panagulingon (Filipino)

morning headache  leaves Aklan
         
 

Bogo-bogo (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

 Mounth sore  Fruits Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Romero

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Rosmarinus officinalisL.

Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English)

mouth freshener  leaves Quezon
         
 

Binunga (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Macaranga tanarius (L.) Muell.-Arg

Binunga (Filipino), Bilunga (Filipino), Elephant's ear (English)

Mouth sore  Stem Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Lanting

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Plantago majorL.

Lanting (Filipino); Plantain; Broadleaf plantain; Great plantain; Buckhorn plaintain; Rippleseed plantain; Common plantain (English)

mouth sores  leaves Quezon
         
 

Lubigan

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Acorus calamusL.

Lubigan (Filipino); Sweetflag; Calamus (English)

mouth sores  rhizome Quezon
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