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) Apato (Ilk.) mix with (b) rice straw ( c) basi (rice wine)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Oryza sativaL.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Rice (English); Basi

asthma  dried roots and leaves Kalinga
         
 

(a) Lawaya mix with (b) paha-uli (c) tagulaway (d) sibukaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Parameria laevigata (Juss.) Moldenke (d) Caesalpinia sappanL.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Tagulauai (Filipino) (d) Sapang (Filipino); Bakkum wood; Sappanwood (English); Sibukaw (Tag.;Sul.;Bis.)

itchiness  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Paha-uli mix with (b) lawaya (c) tagulaway (d) sibukaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Parameria laevigata (Juss.) Moldenke (d) Caesalpinia sappanL.

(a) Paha-uli (b) Lawaya (c) Tagulauai (Filipino) (d) Sapang (Filipino); Bakkum wood; Sappanwood (English); Sibukaw (Tag.;Sul.;Bis.)

itchiness  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Hawan (pula) (Vis.) mix with (b) maragaya (c) mayana (pula)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Not provided (b) Maragaya (c) Mayana (pula) (Filipino)

measles  (a) leaves; (b) grains (3-5 grains); (c) leaves (1 1/2 pcs.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Hawan (pula) (Vis.) mix with (b) maragaya (c) mayana (pula)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Not provided (b) Maragaya (c) Mayana (pula) (Filipino)

cold  (a) leaves (b) grains (3-5 grains) (c) leaves (1 1/2 pcs.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Hawan (pula) (Vis.) mix with (b) maragaya (c) mayana (pula)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Not provided (b) Maragaya (c) Mayana (pula) (Filipino)

cough  (a) leaves (b) grains (3-5 grains) (c) leaves (1 1/2 pcs.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Hawan (pula) (Vis.) mix with (b) maragaya (c) mayana (pula)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Not provided (b) Maragaya (c) Mayana (pula) (Filipino)

gas pain  (a) leaves (b) grains (3-5 grains) (c) leaves (1 1/2 pcs.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Gabing likat mix with (b) dikay (c) alagaw (d) alibangbang gubat (e) kahel (f) sibuyas

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Premna odorataBlanco (d) Bauhinia malabarica Roxb. (e) Citrus X aurantiumL. (pro. sp.) (f) Allium cepaL.

(a) Gabing likat (b) Dikay (c) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (d) Alibangbang (Filipino) (e) Dalandan (Filipino); Orange fruit; Sour orange (English); Kahel (Tag.) (f) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

cough  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) flowers (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) bulb Batangas
         
 

(a) Laas mix with (b) hampay (c) tigbao (d) corn (e) mayana

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Saccharum spontaneumL. (d) Zea maysL. (e) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English) (d) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (e) Mayana (Filipino)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) hair (e) roots Leyte
         
 

(a) Kaperek-perek mix with (b) kasep a nipay (c ) albaka

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl

(a) Kaperek-perek (b) Kasep a nipay (c ) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English); Albaka (P.Bis.)

fever with cough  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Lanao del Sur