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) Lanzones mix with (b) mangga (c) caimito (d) atis

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(a) Lansium domesticumCorr_a (b) Mangifera indicaL. (c ) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (d) Annona squamosaL.

(a) Lansones (Filipino); Langsat (English) (b) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (c) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (d) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English)

impatso  leaves for each Cebu
         
 

(a) Baho-baho mix with (b) gabon (c) antoanga (d) manzanilla (e) suetes (f) sibukas (g) unod sa banag

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(a) Lantana camaraL. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Not provided (d) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (f) Not provided (g) Not provided

(a) Lantana (Filipino); Largeleaf lantana (English); Baho-baho (Ceb) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Not provided (d) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (e) Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English) (f) Not provided (g) Not provided

no menstruation for one year  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) corm Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Hagonoi (violet) (b) duao

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(a) Lantana camaraL. (b) Curcuma longaL.

(a) Lantana (Filipino); Largeleaf lantana (English) (b) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English)

paralysis  (a) leaves (b) rhizome Aklan
         
 

(a) Hagonoi (b) eagundi

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(a) Lantana camaraL. (b) Vitex negundoL.

(a) Lantana (Filipino); Largeleaf lantana (English) (b) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English)

rheumatism  (a) leaves (b) leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Abang-abang (b) tigbaw sa suba (c) lampunaya

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(a) Leea guineense G.Don (b) Saccharum spontaneumL. (c ) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Abang-abang (Filipino) (b) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English); Tigbaw (S.L.Bis.; P.Bis) (c) Mayana (Filipino)

pasma  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Sinugkulan (Bis.) with (b) sula sa kogon (Bis.)

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(a) Leea sp. (b)

(a) Not provided (b)

Tooth grown in infant  Roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Ipil-ipil mix with (b) ampalaya

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(a) Leucaena leucocephala(Lam.) de Wit (b) Momordica charantiaL.

(a) Ipil-ipil (Filipino); White leadtree (English) (b) Ampalaya (Filipino); Bittergourd; Balsampear (English)

dewormer  (a) leaves (b) seeds Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Agho or San Pedro mix with (b) lapunaya (c) kalatsutsi

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(a) Leucaena leucocephala(Lam.) de Wit (b) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (c ) Plumeria rubraL.

(a) Ipil-ipil (Filipino); White leadtree (English) (b) Mayana (Filipino) (c) Kalatsutsi (Filipino); Temple flower; Frangipani; Templetree (English)

painful menstruation  Not provided Capiz
         
 

(a) Kalatsutsi mix with (b) lapunaya (c) agho or San Pedro

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(a) Leucaena leucocephala(Lam.) de Wit (b) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (c ) Plumeria rubraL.

(a) Ipil-ipil (Filipino); White leadtree (English) (b) Mayana (Filipino) (c) Kalatsutsi (Filipino); Temple flower; Frangipani; Templetree (English)

painful menstruation and amenorrhea  all roots Capiz
         
 

(a) San Pedro mix with (b) lapunaya (c) kalatsutsi

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(a) Leucaena leucocephala(Lam.) de Wit (b) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (c ) Plumeria rubraL.

(a) Ipil-ipil (Filipino); White leadtree (English) (b) Mayana (Filipino) (c) Kalatsutsi (Filipino); Temple flower; Frangipani; Templetree (English)

painful menstruation  Not provided Capiz