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) Pansi-pansi mix with (b) salay

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(a) Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link (b) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf

(a) Pansi-pansi (Filipino) (b) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)

flu  (a) fresh whole plant (b) leaves Batangas
         
 

(a) Hinlagasi (b) Anihaw (c) ughayan

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(a) Leucosyke capitellata Wedd. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Alagasi (Filipino); Layasin (Tagalog) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

rheumatism  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Aklan
         
 

(a) Hinlagasi (b) Anihaw (c) ughayan

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(a) Leucosyke capitellata Wedd. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Alagasi (Filipino); Layasin (Tagalog) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

arthritis  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Aklan
         
 

(a) turotabako or tartabako (b) kalamansi (c) Bayabas

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(a) Ludwigia peploides ssp. glabrescens(Kuntze) P.H. Raven (b) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle (c ) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Sigang-dagat (Filipino); Floating primrose-willow (English) (b) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English) (c) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

dysentery  (a) roots (b) leaves (c) leaves Sorsogon
         
 

(a) Sigang dagat mix with (b) dilang-usa

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(a) Ludwigia peploides ssp. glabrescens(Kuntze) P.H. Raven (b) Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br.

(a) Sigang-dagat (Filipino); Floating primrose-willow (English) (b) Dilang-usa (Filipino)

usog  (a) whole plant (b) whole plant Batangas
         
 

(a) Sigang dagat mix with (b) dilang-usa

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(a) Ludwigia peploides ssp. glabrescens(Kuntze) P.H. Raven (b) Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br.

(a) Sigang-dagat (Filipino); Floating primrose-willow (English) (b) Dilang-usa (Filipino)

fever  (a) whole plant (b) whole plant Batangas
         
 

(a) Halom kahoy (Bis.) with (b) taypong pula (Bis.), (c) lagikaw (Bis.), (d) bangkal (Bis.) and (e) tugas hamol-aw (Bis.)

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(a) Macaranga gigantea (b) Ardisia sp.(c) Medinilla sp.(d) Nauclea orientalis (e) Vitex sp.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Bulabangkal (Bis.); cheesewood (Engl.); leichhardt tree (Engl.) (e) Not provided

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time); kabuhi (combination of severe, headache, and vomiting)  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Samak mix with (b) Kapasanglay

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(a) Macaranga tanarius(L.) Mll. Arg. (b) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Binunga (Filipino); Parasol leaf tree (English) (b) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English)

weak lungs  (a) bark (b) bark Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Samak mix with (b) Kapasanglay

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(a) Macaranga tanarius(L.) Mll. Arg. (b) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Binunga (Filipino); Parasol leaf tree (English) (b) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English)

tuberculosis  (a) bark (b) bark Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Mango (Indian mango var.) mix with (b) caimito

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(a) Mangifera indicaL. (b) Chrysophyllum cainitoL.

(a) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (b) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English)

peptic ulcer  (a) leaves (b) roots Nueva Ecija