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) Romero (Ilk.) mix with (b) violeta

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(a) Rosmarinus officinalisL. (b) Viola odorataL.

(a) Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English) (b) Violeta (Filipino; Spanish); Violet; Sweet violet (English)

high blood pressure  both leaves Kalinga
         
 

(a) Lagiyawat mix with (b) bayabas

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(a) Rubus moluccanusL. (b) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Sapinit (Filipino); Molucca bramble; Molucca raspberry; Wild raspberry; Wild blackberry; Eelkek (English) (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

skin allergy  young leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Lagiyawat mix with (b) bayabas

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(a) Rubus moluccanusL. (b) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Sapinit (Filipino); Molucca bramble; Molucca raspberry; Wild raspberry; Wild blackberry; Eelkek (English) (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

skin diseases  young leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Sapinit with (b) tigbao

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(a) Rubus moluccanusL. (b) Saccharum spontaneumL.

(a) Sapinit (Filipino); Molucca bramble; Molucca raspberry; Wild raspberry; Wild blackberry; Eelkek (English) (b) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English)

sore eyes  (a) tops (b) tops Romblon
         
 

(a) Sapinit with (b) tigbao

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(a) Rubus moluccanusL. (b) Saccharum spontaneumL.

(a) Sapinit (Filipino); Molucca bramble; Molucca raspberry; Wild raspberry; Wild blackberry; Eelkek (English) (b) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English)

sore eyes  (a) tops (b) tops Romblon
         
 

(a) Tubo mix with (b) kawayan (c) banaba (d) clavo (e) mais

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(a) Saccharum officinarumL. (b) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss (c ) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (d) Plectranthus amboinicus(Lour.) Spreng. (e) Zea maysL.

(a) Tubo (Filipino); Sugarcane (English) (b) Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English) (c) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (d) Oregano (Filipino); Mexican mint (English) (e) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) roots (c) leaves (d) roots (e) hair Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Unas plus (b) temel

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(a) Saccharum officinarumL. (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Tubo (Filipino); Sugarcane (English) (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) roots Pangasinan
         
 

(a) Tubo mix with (b) banaba

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(a) Saccharum officinarumL. (b) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Tubo (Filipino); Sugarcane (English) (b) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  (a) stem (b) leave Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Eag-eag (b) hinalib-on (c) sibuyas costa (d) lampunaya (e) kadlum (f) kusol

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(a) Saccharum spontaneumL. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Allium cepaL. (d) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (e) Pogostemon heyneanus Benth. (f) Kaempferia galanga L.

(a) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English) (d) Mayana (Filipino) (e) Kadlum (Filipino); Indian patchouli (English) (f) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English)

rheumatism  (a) shoots or ubod (b) 7 leaves (c) bulb (d) 7 leaves (e) 7 leaves (f) 7 leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Masaw mix with (b) lubi

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(a) Saccharum spontaneumL. (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English); Lubi (C.Bis.)

falling hair  (a) shoot (b) meat Lanao del Sur