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) Bawang with (b) luya (c) siling-labuyo

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(a) Allium sativumL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Capsicum annuum var. annuumL.

(a) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) with (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Siling labuyo (Filipino); Hot pepper; Cayenne pepper (English)

rheumatism  (a) cloves (b) rhizome (c) fruit Mindoro
         
 

(a) Bawang mix with (b) luya (c) aksibal

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(a) Allium sativumL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Not provided

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

galis aso  (a) bulb (b) rhizome (c) juice Nueva Ecija
         
 

(a) Bawang mix with (b) luya (c) aksibal

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(a) Allium sativumL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Not provided

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

scabies  (a) bulb (b) rhizome (c) juice Nueva Ecija
         
 

(a) Bawang mix with (b) luya (c) salt

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(a) Allium sativumL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Not provided

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

skin diseases like 'an-an'; 'buni'  (a) bulb (b) rhizome Nueva Ecija
         
 

(a) Bawang with (b) luya (c) saparilla (d) dila baka (e) galamay amo (f) kapok

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(a) Allium sativumL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Not provided (d) Opuntia cochenillifera(L.) P. Mill. (e) Schefflera insularum (Seem.) Harms (f) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Saparilla (d) Dilang-baka (Filipino); Nopal de cochinilla (Spanish) (e) Galamai-amo (Filipino) (f) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English)

relapse after child delivery  (a) bulb (b) rhizome (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) bark Marinduque
         
 

(a) Ganda mix with (b) Likway (c) maragaya (Vis.)

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(a) Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

headache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) grains Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Kutsay mix with (b) oregano (Tag.)

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(a) Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng. (b) Plectranthus amboinicus(Lour.) Spreng.

(a) Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English) (b) Oregano (Filipino); Mexican mint (English)

cough  (a) leaves (b) leaves Nueva Ecija
         
 

(a) kutsay mix with (b) kamatis

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(a) Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng. (b) Solanum lycopersicumL.

(a) Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English) (b) Kamatis (Filipino); Tomato (English)

goiter  (a) (b) fruit Sorsogon
         
 

(a) Sabila mix with (b) pesaw-pesaw (c) salingkapaw

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(a) Aloe vera(L.) Burm. f. (b) Not provided (c ) Euphorbia hirtaL.

(a) Sabila (Filipino); Aloe; Barbados aloe (English) (b) pesaw-pesaw (c) Gatas-gatas (Filipino); Australian asthma weed; Pillpod sandmat (English); Salingkapaw

high fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Dita (Bis.) with (b) tubang pula (Bis.)

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(a) Alstonia scholaris (b) Jatropha curcas

(a) Dita (Tag.); bitter Bark (Engl.) (b) Tubang-bakod (Tag.); Tuba-tuba (Bis.); Big purge nut; Physic nut; Barbados (Engl.)

Inflammatory condition caused by a fungus  (a) latex (b) latex Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan