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) Dita mix with (b) baboy-baboy (c ) bangkal

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(a) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br. (b) Not provided (c ) Nauclea orientalis (L.) L.

(a) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English) (b) Baboy-baboy (c ) Bangkal (Filipino)

abortifacient  bark Cebu
         
 

(a) Dita mix with (b) alagaw (c) calachuchi (d) bunga (e) bayag-kambing

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(a) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br. (b) Premna odorataBlanco (c ) Plumeria rubraL. (d) Areca catechuL. (e) Caesalpinia cristaL.

(a) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English) (b) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (c) Kalatsutsi (Filipino); Temple flower; Frangipani; Templetree (English) (d) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (e) Kalumbibit (Filipino); Bayag-kambing (Tagalog); Fever nut; Gray nicker (English)

malaria  dried bark of all plants Batangas
         
 

(a) Dita mix with (b) alagaw (c) calachuchi (d) bunga (e) bayag-kambing

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(a) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br. (b) Premna odorataBlanco (c ) Plumeria rubraL. (d) Areca catechuL. (e) Caesalpinia cristaL.

(a) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English) (b) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (c) Kalatsutsi (Filipino); Temple flower; Frangipani; Templetree (English) (d) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (e) Kalumbibit (Filipino); Bayag-kambing (Tagalog); Fever nut; Gray nicker (English)

fever  dried bark of all plants Batangas
         
 

(a) Dita mix with (b) banagan (c) tagitang (d) banawak (e) cacao-cacao (f) salibadbad (g) anonang (Vis)

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(a) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br. (b) Smilax bracteata C.Presl (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Crinum asiaticumL. (g) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst.

(a) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English) (b) Banag (Filipino); Banagan (Bis.) (c) Tagitang (d) Banawak (e) Cacao-cacao (f) Bakong (Filipino); Poisonbulb (English); Salibadbad (IL.Bis.) (g) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English)

relapse after childbirth  (a) bark (b) vine (c) bark (d) rhizome (e) roots (f) vine (g) bark Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Halom pula (Bis.) with (b) eskobang mayawis (Bis.) and (c) mayanang kuyanap (Bis.)

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(a) Amaranthus paniculatus (b) Sida acuta (c) Coleus blumei

(a) Halon (Tag.); red amaranth (Engl.) (b) Common wireweed (Engl.); escobang-haba (Tag.) (c) Dafronaya (Span.); mayana (Bis.)

Eczema  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Katebek mix with (b) marugo

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(a) Amaranthus spinosusL. (b) Celosia cristataL.

(a) Uray (Filipino); Amaranth; Pigweed; Spiny amaranth (English) (b) Palong-manok (Filipino); Cockscomb; Crested cock's comb (English); Marugo

measles  (a) leaves (b) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Uray mix with (b) mutha (c) balatong

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(a) Amaranthus spinosusL. (b) Cyperus rotundusL. (c ) Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek

(a) Uray (Filipino); Amaranth; Pigweed; Spiny amaranth (English) (b) Mutha (Filipino); Cocograss; Purple nutsedge; Nutgrass (English) (c) Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English); Balatong (Tagalog; Ifugao; Ibanag; Iloko)

fever  (a) 10 fruit (b) 10 rhizome (c) 5 seeds Batangas
         
 

(a) Katebek mix with (b) biyala (c) marugo (d) sarga (e) bayaba

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(a) Amaranthus spinosusL. (b) Portulaca oleraceaL. (c ) Celosia cristataL. (d) Impatiens balsaminaL. (e) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Uray (Filipino); Amaranth; Pigweed; Spiny amaranth (English) (b) Gulasiman (Filipino); Purslane; Little hogweed; Akulikuli-kula; Duckweed; Pursley; Wild portulaca; Garden purslane (English); Biyala (c) Palong-manok (Filipino); Cockscomb; Crested cock's comb (English); Marugo (d) Kamantigue (Filipino); Touch-me-not balsam; Spotted snapweed (English); Sarga (e) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

skin allergy  Not provided Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Luy-a tapol with (b) kaningag and (c) tabog hangin

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(a) Amomum zingeber (b) Cinnamomum zeylanicum breyn. (c) Goniothalamus sp.

(a) Not provided (b) Kalingag (Tag.); cinnamon (Engl.); kalingag tree (Engl.) (c) Not provided

Cough; bronchitis  (a) rhizome (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Lagtan mix with (b) pangyawan (bagou) (c) bitaog (d) gabong

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(a) Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn. (b) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (c ) Calophyllum inophyllumL. (d) Not provided

(a) Lagtang (Filipino) (b) Makabuhay (Filipino) (c) Bitaog (Filipino); Sweet-scented calophyllum; Mastwood; Alexandrian laurel (English) (d) Not provided

abortifacient  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves Leyte