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) Kandi-kandilaan with (b) Sentimiento (c) kadlum (d) kamantulan

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(a) Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl (b) Not provided (c ) Pogostemon heyneanus Benth. (d) Not provided

(a) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English) (b) Sentimiento (c) Kadlum (Filipino); Indian patchouli (English) (d) Kamantulan

irregular menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Kabiro-biro mix with (b) sapar (c) tamb'da (male and female)

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

(a) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English) (b) Walis-walisan (Filipino) (c) Not provided

ulcer  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Aludig (Ilk.) with (b) tangan-tangan (c) salt

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(a) Streblus asper Lour. (b) Ricinus communisL. (c ) Not provided

(a) Kalios (Filipino) (b) Tangan-tangan (Filipino); Castor oil plant; Castor bean (English) (c ) Not provided

snakebite  (a) leaves (b) bark Nueva Ecija
         
 

(a) Comprey (b) tinabliya (mixture of different kinds of herbs)

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(a) Symphytum officinaleL. (b) Not provided

(a) Komprey (Filipino); Comfrey (English) (b) tinabliya (mixture of different kinds of herbs)

colic  (a) leaves (b) Aklan
         
 

(a) Comprey (b) tinabliya (mixture of different kinds of herbs)

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(a) Symphytum officinaleL. (b) Not provided

(a) Komprey (Filipino); Comfrey (English) (b) tinabliya (mixture of different kinds of herbs)

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) Aklan
         
 

(a) Lomboy mix with (b) Kapasanglay

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(a) Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels (b) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Duhat (Filipino); Black plum; Java plum (English) (b) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English)

weak lungs  (a) bark (b) bark Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Lomboy mix with (b) Kapasanglay

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(a) Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels (b) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Duhat (Filipino); Black plum; Java plum (English) (b) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English)

tuberculosis  (a) bark (b) bark Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Duhat mix with (b) caimito

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(a) Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels (b) Chrysophyllum cainitoL.

(a) Duhat (Filipino); Black plum; Java plum (English) (b) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English)

diarrhea  fresh leaves of both plants Batangas
         
 

(a) Duhat with (b) kape (c) kaimito (d) abukado (e) langka (f) mangga (g) granada

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(a) Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels (b) CoffeaL. (c ) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (d) Persea americanaMill. (e) Artocarpus heterophyllusLam. (f) Mangifera indicaL. (g) Punica granatumL.

(a) Duhat (Filipino); Black plum; Java plum (English) (b) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (c) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (d) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (e) Langka (Filipino); Jackfruit (English) (f) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (g) Granada (Filipino); Pomegranate (English)

diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) bark (f) bark (g) pericarp Marinduque
         
 

(a) Lomboy with (b) edible fern

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(a) Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels (b) Diplazium esculentum(Retz.) Sw.

(a) Duhat (Filipino); Black plum; Java plum (English) (b) Pako (Filipino); Edible fern; Vegetable fern (English)

dysentery  leaves Ifugao