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

lakatan * Image in process *	Paspalum sp.	Not provided	For bleeding wound	whole plant or root (fresh)	Samar Island

lakatan * Image in process *	Paspalum sp.	Not provided	To increase milk production	whole plant	Samar Island

Suli suli (Talaingod manobo) * Image in process *	Paspalum sp.	Not provided	For sakit sa tiyan (Bisaya), stomach ache (English)	Roots	Davao - Talaingod Manobo

Passion fruit * Image in process *	Passiflora edulisSims	Grandilla (Spanish; Filipino); Passion fruit; Passionflower; Purple granadilla (English)	high blood pressure	fresh fruit	Benguet

Bagyo-bagyo (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Passiflora foetida L.	Stinking passion flower (English), Wild water lemon (English), Pasyonaryang-mabaho (Filipino)	Blood streaked stool	Stem	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Urong (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit.	Luhang-dalaga (Filipino), Devil's backbone (English), Slipper spurge (English)	"Utal o umurong ang dila"	Bark with sap.	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Urong (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit.	Luhang-dalaga (Filipino), Devil's backbone (English), Slipper spurge (English)	Goiter	Bark	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Urong (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit.	Luhang-dalaga (Filipino), Devil's backbone (English), Slipper spurge (English)	Fish poison or ringworm	Leaves	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Malvarosa * Image in process *	Pelargonium graveolensL'Hr.	Malbarosa (Filipino); Sweet scented geranium (English)	tuberculosis	leaves	Leyte

Malvarosa * Image in process *	Pelargonium graveolensL'Hr.	Malbarosa (Filipino); Sweet scented geranium (English); Malvarosa	hemostatic	leaves	Quezon

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