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
         
 

Swelda

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Euphorbia tirucalliL.

Suerda (Filipino); Indiantree spurge (English); Pobreng-kahoy

muscle pain  stem or leaves Catanduanes
         
 

Tukdo

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Euphorbia tirucalliL.

Suerda (Filipino); Indiantree spurge (English); Pobreng-kahoy

boil  stem like leaves Batanes
         
 

Sulda-sulda

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Euphorbia tirucalliL.

Suerda (Filipino); Indiantree spurge (English); Pobreng-kahoy

sprain  stem Capiz
         
 

Pobreng kahoy

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Euphorbia tirucalliL.

Suerda (Filipino); Indiantree spurge (English); Pobreng-kahoy

cancerous warts  stem Lanao del Norte
         
 

Siku-sikuan

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Euphorbia tirucalliL.

Suerda (Filipino); Indiantree spurge (English); Pobreng-kahoy

varicose veins  latex Pampanga
         
 

Siku-sikuan

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Euphorbia tirucalliL.

Suerda (Filipino); Indiantree spurge (English); Pobreng-kahoy

wounds  latex Pampanga
         
 

Katuit (Subanon)

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Euphorbia tirucalliL.

Suerda (Filipino); Indiantree spurge (English); Pobreng-kahoy

muscular pain  roots Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Dawa-dawa (Tagabawa), Tawa-tawa (Tagalog), Botobotonis (Tagalog), Gatas-gatas (Tagalog)

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Euphorbia?hirta?L.

Asthma weed (English), Tawa-tawa (Filipino)

For menit e lawa (Tagabawa), kalintura (Bisaya)  Whole plant Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

Lipata

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Excoecaria agallochaL.

Buta-buta (Filipino); Milky mangrove (English)

constipation  latex Leyte
         
 

salak

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Fagraea philippinensis Wong & Sugau

Not provided

To ward-off aswang  trunk Samar Island
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