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) Gabi (b) kamangyan

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(a) Colocasia esculenta(L.) Schott (b) Not provided

(a) Gabi (Filipino); Taro; Coco yam; Wild taro (English) (b) Kamangyang

sore eyes  (a) leaves (b) Aklan
         
 

(a) Lubi-lubi (b) Bawang (c) Cogon (d) Banaba

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(a) Combretum indicum(L.) DeFilipps (b) Allium sativumL. (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (d) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Niyog-niyogan (Filipino); Burma creeper (English) (b) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (d) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  (a) leaves; (b) (c) (d) Camarines Sur
         
 

(a) Niog-niogan in combination with (b) agboy (c) Alimog-mog (d) tebeg (e) anonang

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(a) Combretum indicum(L.) DeFilipps (b) Mussaenda philippicaA. Rich. (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst.

(a) Niyog-niyogan (Filipino); Burma creeper (English) (b) Kahoy-dalaga (Filipino) (c) Not provided (d) Tebeg (e) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English)

pasma  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark (d) bark (e) bark Romblon
         
 

(a) Mangoaw mix with (b) kalawag (c) salimbago

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(a) Conyza bonariensis(L.) Cronquist (b) Curcuma longaL. (c ) Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl

(a) Tagabili (Filipino); Asthmaweed; Wavy-leaf fleabane; Flax-leaf fleabane; Hairy fleabane (English) (b) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English); Kalawag (Mbo.;Bis.) (c) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English); Salimbago

loose bowel movement  (a) leaves (b) rhizome (c) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Mangoaw mix with (b) giyapa

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(a) Conyza bonariensis(L.) Cronquist (b) Not provided

(a) Tagabili (Filipino); Asthmaweed; Wavy-leaf fleabane; Flax-leaf fleabane; Hairy fleabane (English) (b) Giyapa

skin allergy  (a) roots (b) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Mangoaw mix with (b) giyapa

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(a) Conyza bonariensis(L.) Cronquist (b) Not provided

(a) Tagabili (Filipino); Asthmaweed; Wavy-leaf fleabane; Flax-leaf fleabane; Hairy fleabane (English) (b) giyapa

pimples  (a) leaves (b) roots Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Mangoaw mix with (b) loya pagirisen

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(a) Conyza bonariensis(L.) Cronquist (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Tagabili (Filipino); Asthmaweed; Wavy-leaf fleabane; Flax-leaf fleabane; Hairy fleabane (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English); Loya pagirisen

headache  (a) leaves (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Sumpa (b) alibutra (c) banagan

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(a) Corchorus capsularisL.; Corchorus olitoriusL (b) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (c ) Smilax bracteata C.Presl

(a) Pasau-na-bilog; Pasau-na-haba (Filipino); Jute; Nalta jute (English) (b) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (c) Banag (Filipino)

bleeding after childbirth  (a) stem (b) vine (c) rhizome Aklan
         
 

(a) Anonang mix with (b) kutsay (c) sibuyas

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng. (c ) Allium cepaL.

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

asthma   (a) bark (b) leaves (c) bulb Marinduque
         
 

(a) Anonang mix with (b) kutsay (c) sibuyas

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng. (c ) Allium cepaL.

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English) (Filipino); Chinese chives (English) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

vomiting of blood  (a) bark (b) leaves (c) bulb Marinduque