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) Bayabas mix with (b) kape (c) mangga

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) CoffeaL. (c ) Mangifera indicaL.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (c) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English)

diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Bayabas mix with (b) kape (c) kakaw

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) CoffeaL. (c ) Theobroma cacaoL.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (c) Kakaw (Filipino); Cacao (English)

indigestion  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Bayabas mix with (b) anonang (c ) pulang tikog (d) alibungog (e) ham-o (f) kalidades (g) busikad (h) malagaya (I) tabako (j) kamunggay

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (c ) Not provided (d) Ehretia philippinensis A.DC. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (h) Oryza sativaL. (I) Nicotiana tabacumL. (j) Moringa oleiferaLam.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (c ) Pulang tikog (d) Alibungog (Filipino) (e) Ham-o (f) Kalidades (g) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (h) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (I) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (j) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English); Kamunggay (Ceb.)

vomiting and diarrhea  (a) young leaves (b) young leaves ( c) young leaves (d) young leaves (e) flowers (f) flowers (g) flowers (h) grains (I) ash (j) bark Cebu
         
 

(a) bayabas mix with (b) kilala (c) palad

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Cordyline fruticosa(L.) A. Chev (c ) Opuntia cochenillifera(L.) P. Mill.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Tungkod-pare (Filipino); Tigplant (English); Baston de San Jose (Spanish) (c) Dilang-baka (Filipino); Nopal de cochinilla (Spanish)

stomachache  leaves Davao
         
 

(a) Bayaba mix with (b) kalawag

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Curcuma longaL.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English); Kalawag (Mbo.;Bis.)

skin diseases  leaves for both Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Biabas (b) Tambis (c) Labanos

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Ficus minahassae (Teijsm. & Vriese) Miq. (c ) Raphanus sativusL.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Hagimit (Filipino) (c) Labanos (Filipino); Radish; Cultivated radish; Garden radish; Wild radish (English)

loose bowel movement  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Sulu
         
 

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

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

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

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

(a) Bayabas calumbahin combined with gawgaw and (b) ugat ng cogon

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

bloody urine  fresh roots of both plants Batangas
         
 

(a) bayabas (Ceb.) mix with (b) mangga (c) kape

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Mangifera indicaL. (c ) CoffeaL.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (c) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English)

diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Misamis Oriental
         
 

(a) Bayabas mix with (b) malunggay

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(a) Psidium guajavaL. (b) Moringa oleiferaLam.

(a) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (b) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English)

hangover from drinking liquors  (a) leaves (b) leaves Surigao del Norte