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
         
 

1 Lansones (Tagalog, Bisaya) 2 Santol (Tagalog, Bisaya) 3 Kamis (Tagakaulo)

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1 Lansium?domesticum?Corre 2 Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr. 3 Syzygium sp.

1 Langsat (English), Lansones or Lanzones (Filipino) 2 Red Santol (English), Lolly fruit (English), Santol (Filipino) 3 Not provided

For diarrhea, kalibanga  Bark Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Bilbugay (Tagakaolo) 2 Lawaan (Tagakaolo) 3 Tugas (Tagakaolo) 4 Lumbiya (Tagakaolo)

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1 Leucosyke capitellata (Poir) Wedd. 2 Genus indet. 3 Genus indet. 4 Genus indet.

1 Toothscrubbber (English), Alagasi (Filipino) 2 Not provided 3 Not provided 4 Not provided

To increase mother's milk production for the baby to gain weight, pampatambok sa bata  Root and Shoot Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Kasila-kayo (Tagabawa), Kamoteng kahoy (Tagalog), Balinghoy (Bisaya) 2 Bire (Tagabawa)

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1 Manihot?esculenta?Crantz 2 Unidentified

1 Cassava (English), Kamoteng kahoy (Filipino) 2 Not provided

For sinnat (Tagabawa)  Roots Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

1 Kasila-kayo (Tagakaulo), Balinghoy (Bisaya), Kamoteng kahoy (Tagalog) 2 Pulikay (Tagakaulo) 3 Tuba-tuba (Tagakaulo), Tara-tara (Bisaya)

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1 Manihot?esculenta?Crantz 2 Ricinus communis L. 3 Uncollected

1 Cassava (English), Tapioca plant (English), Kamoteng kahoy (Filipino) 2 Castor oil, Wonder tree (English), Tangan-tangan (Filipino) 3 Not provided

For convulsion, grabeng hilanat  Young leaves Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Kalawang-lawang (Tagabawa), Lambing bae (Bisaya) 2 Kisor (Tagabawa), Dusol (Tagalog) 3 Tagamaing (Tagabawa)

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1 Mentha?sp. 2 Kaempferia galanga L. 3 Blumea sp.

1 Not provided 2 Resurrection lily (English), Dusol (Filipino) 3 Not provided

For skin diseases e.g., bun-i, ap-ap (Bisaya)   Young leaves, "apog" and Maskada (Bisaya) Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

1 Gan (Tagakaulo), Panapanarahan, Payang-payang (Tagalog) 2 Uwag (Tagakaolo)

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1 Moghania strobilifera (L.) St. Hil 2 Uncollected

1 Luck plant (English), Wild hops (English), Payang-payang (Filipino), Panapanarahan (Filipino) 2 Not provided

For body pain, pamaol sa lawas  1 Root, Fruit, Young leaves 2 Young leaves, Roots 3 kulating sa amag (balay sa anay) (magbitay na murag pisi) Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Bunal (Talaingod manobo),Nipai (Bisaya), Lipai (Tagalog) 2 Bilya (Talaingod manobo) (vine)

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1 Mucuna?pruriens?(L.)?DC. 2 Strongylodon sp.

1 Velvet bean, Cowitch (English), Lipai (Filipino) 2 Not provided

For tigbason sa busaw (Bisaya), wound inflicted by busaw (English)  Whole vine Davao - Talaingod Manobo
         
 

1 Bunal Bunal (Talaingod manobo),Nipai (Bisaya), Lipai (Tagalog) 2 Bulig (Talaingod manobo), Agutay (Bisaya)

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1 Mucuna?pruriens?(L.)?DC. 2 Uncollected

1 Velvet bean, Cowitch (English), Lipai (Filipino) 2 Not provided

For samad (Bisaya), open wound (English)  1 Body of the vine 2 Bark Davao - Talaingod Manobo
         
 

1 Saging sab-a o cardava (Bisaya) 2 Barusbos (Tagabawa) 3 Sakati (Tagabawa)

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1 Musa paradisiaca?L., M. sapientum L. 2 Saccharum officinarum L. 3 Unidentified

1 Saba (English), Sweet plantain (English), Saging saba (Filipino) 2 Sugar cane (English), Tubo (Filipino) 3 Not provided

For easy delivery, para dali manganak (Bisaya)  1 Dried leaves 2 Dried leaves 3 Young leaves Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

1 Abaka (Bisaya, Tagalog) 2 Kalumanga (Talaingod manobo), Pako (Bisaya, Tagalog)

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1 Musa?textilis?Nee 2 Diplazium escukentum (Retz.) Sw.

1 Abaca (English), Manila hemp (English), Abaka (Filipino) 2 Vegetable fern (English), Pako (Filipino)

For bughat (Bisaya), pregnancy relapse (English)  Roots Davao - Talaingod Manobo
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