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) Anonang mix with (b) atis (c) caimito (d) atoanga (e) abukado (f) pine tree

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Annona squamosaL. (c ) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (d) Not provided (e) Persea americanaMill. (f) Not provided

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English) (c) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (d) Not provided (e) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (f) Not provided

relapse  (a) roots (b) leaves (c) roots (d) roots (e) leaves (f) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Anonang mix with (b) buli (c) kalamansi (d) tubo (e) saging (f) niyog

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Corypha utan Lam. (c ) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle (d) Saccharum officinarumL. (e) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.) (f) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Buli (Filipino) (c) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English) (d) Tubo (Filipino); Sugarcane (English) (e) Saging (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English) (f) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

pasma sa gutom  (a) bark (b) branch (c) fruit (d) scrapings (e) stalk (f) stalk Marinduque
         
 

(a) Anonang mix with (b) salibadbad (c) cacao-cacao (d) dita (e) tagitang (f) banawak (g) banagan (Vis.)

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

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

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

(a) Anonang mix with (b) alibungog ( c) pulang tikog (d) bayabas (e) hamon-o (f) kalidades (g) busikad (h) malagaya (I) tabako (j) kamunggay

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Ehretia philippinensis A.DC. (c ) Not provided (d) Psidium guajavaL. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (h) Oryza sativaL. (I) Nicotiana tabacumL. (j) Moringa oleiferaLam.

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Alibungog (Filipino) ( c) Pulang tikog (d) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (e) Hamon-o (f) Kalidades (g) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (h)Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (I) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (j) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English); Kamunggay (Ceb.)

vomiting and diarrhea  (a) young leaves (b) young leaves ( c) young leaves (d) young leaves (e) flowers (f) flowers (g) flowers (h) grains (I) ash (j) bark Cebu
         
 

(a) Anonang with (b) labnog ( c) pag-ulingon (d) panhinoy (e) duguan

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Ficus septica Burm.f. (c ) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb. (d) Not provided (e) Myristica simiarum A. DC.

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) with (b) Hauili (Filipino); Labnog (P.Bis.) ( c) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English); Pag-ulingon (d) Panhinoy (e) Tanghas (Filipino); Duguan (C.Bis.)

nabinat sa panganganak  roots for each Cebu
         
 

(a) Anonang mix (b) Abaka (c) Saging (latundan)

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Musa textilisNe (c ) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.)

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Abaka (Filipino); Manila hemp; Abaca (English) (c) Saging/Latundan (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English)

internal hemorrhage  (a) bark (b) shoot (c) shoot Sorsogon
         
 

(a) Anonang mix with (b) saging (c) buri

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.) (c ) Metroxylon saguRottb.

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Saging (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English) (c) Buri (Filipino); Sago palm (English)

abortifacient  (a) roots (b) roots (c) stem Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Nonang mix with (b) waka

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Not provided

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Not provided

dysmenorrhea  (a) bark (b) sucker Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Anonang in combination with (b) alimog-mog (c) niog-niogan (d) tebeg (e) agboy

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

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Alimog-mog (c) Niyog-niyogan (Filipino); Burma creeper (English) (d) Tebeg (e) Kahoy-dalaga (Filipino); Agboy (P.Bis.)

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

(a) Anonang in combination with (b) alimog-mog (c) niog-niogan (d) tebeg (e) agboy

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

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Alimog-mog (c) Niyog-niyogan (Filipino); Burma creeper (English) (d) Tebeg (e) Kahoy-dalaga (Filipino); Agboy (P.Bis.)

sore eyes  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark (d) bark (e) bark Romblon