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) Biday mix with (b) hikaw-hikawan

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(a) Ocimum tenuiflorumL. (b) Heliotropium indicumL.

(a) Sulasi (Filipino); Holy basil (English) (b) Trompa ng elepante (Filipino); Indian heliotrope (English)

rheumatism  (a) leaves (b) leaves Nueva Ecija
         
 

(a) Albahaka mix with (b) solasi (c) herba buena (d) kutsay (e) kalamansi

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(a) Ocimum tenuiflorumL. (b) Ocimum tenuiflorumL. (c ) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (d) Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng.(e) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle

(a) Sulasi (Filipino); Holy basil (English); Albahaca (Sp.) (b) Sulasi (Filipino); Holy basil (English) (c) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (d) Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English) (e) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English)

headache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (f) fruit Marinduque
         
 

(a) Solasi mix with (b) albahaka (c) herba buena (d) kutsay (e) kalamansi

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(a) Ocimum tenuiflorumL. (b) Ocimum tenuiflorumL. (c ) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (d) Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng.(e) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle

(a) Sulasi (Filipino); Holy basil (English); Albahaca (Sp.) (b) Sulasi (Filipino); Holy basil (English) (c) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (d) Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English) (e) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English)

headache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (f) fruit Marinduque
         
 

(a) Bidai mix with (b) Ar-aritos

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(a) Ocimum tenuiflorumL. (b) Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl.

(a) Sulasi (Filipino); Holy basil (English) (b) Hikau-hikauan (Filipino)

wounds  (a) leaves (b) leaves Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Kalikogo mix with (b) luya (c) bawang

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(a) Ocimum tenuiflorumL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Allium sativumL.

(a) Sulasi (Filipino); Holy basil (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) ( c) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English)

rheumatism  (a) leaves (b) rhizome (c) cloves Sultan Kudarat
         
 

(a) Dila-dila sa iro mix with (b) yahong-yahong (c) bila-bila (d) escobang magawis (e) escobang pungko (f) busikad (g) papayang lalaki

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(a) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr. (b) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb. (c ) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (g) Carica papayaL.

(a) Dila-dila (Filipino) (b) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English) (c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (g) Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English)

senda  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) flowers (g) flowers Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Dila-dila sa iro mix with (b) tawa-tawa (c) tuway-tuway

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(a) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr. (b) Grammatophyllum scriptum (L.) Blume (c ) Not provided

(a) Dila-dila (Filipino) (b) Tawa-tawa (Filipino) (c) Not provided

flu  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Dila-dila sa iro mix with (b) cogon (c) bila-bila

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(a) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr. (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (c ) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Dila-dila (Filipino) (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis)

teething  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Dila-dila sa iro mix with (b) cogon (c) bugang (d) busikad (e) bila-bila

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(a) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr. (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (c ) Saccharum spontaneumL. (d) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (e) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Dila-dila (Filipino) (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (c) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English); Bugang (C.Bis.) (d) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (e) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English)

relapse  (a) leaves (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem (e) stem Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Dila-dila sa iro mix with (b) busikad

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(a) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr. (b) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel

(a) Dila-dila (Filipino) b) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.)

fever  (a) whole plant (b) stem Lanao del Norte