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) duwaw mix with (b) luya (c) anonang (d) kisol

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (d) Kaempferia galanga L.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (d) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English)

goiter  (a) rhizome (b) rhizome (c) top leaves (d) leaves and rhizome Misamis Oriental
         
 

(a) duwaw mix with (b) luya (c) anonang (d) kisol

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (d) Kaempferia galanga L.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (d) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English)

Not provided  rhizome Misamis Oriental
         
 

(a) Dilaw mix with (b) luya (c) makabuhay

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson

(a) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Makabuhay (Filipino)

stomachache  (a) rhizome (b) rhizome (c) vine Batangas
         
 

(a) dulao with (b) lapunaya (c) sibuyas

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(a) Curcuma longaL.(b ) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (c ) Allium cepaL.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Mayana (Filipino) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

kulebra  (a) rhizome (b) leaves (c) bulb Masbate
         
 

(a) dulao with (b) lapunaya (c) sibuyas

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(a) Curcuma longaL.(b ) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (c ) Allium cepaL.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Mayana (Filipino) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

kulebra  (a) rhizome (b) leaves (c) bulb Mindoro
         
 

(a) Banglay (b) Kisol (c) Luya

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(a) Curcuma zedoaria(Christm.) Roscoe (b) Kaempferia galanga L. (c ) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Luya-luyahan (Filipino); Zedoary (English); Barak (Tagalog) (b) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English) (c) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

rheumatism  (a) rhizome (b) rhizome (c) rhizome Tawi-tawi
         
 

(a) Sabilaw (b) tigbaw sa suba (c) tigbaw sa bukid (d) luy-a

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(a) Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Sabilaw (Filipino) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

pasma  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) rhizome Aklan
         
 

(a) tanglad (Ceb.) mix with (b) sibuyas

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(a) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (b) Allium cepaL.

(a) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English); Salay (Tag.) (b) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

vomiting  roots Misamis Oriental
         
 

(a) Tanglad mix with (b) sibuyas costa (c) trompang elepante (d) kasla (e) alimhon (f) kagupkop (g) latay (h) kandaba

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(a) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (b) Allium cepaL. (c ) Heliotropium indicumL. (d) Croton tigliumL. (e) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (f) Not provided (g) Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp. (h) Gossypium hirsutumL.

(a) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English); Salay (Tag.) (b) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English) (c) Trompa ng elepante (Filipino); Indian heliotrope (English) (d) Tuba (Filipino); Croton; Purging croton (English) (e) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (f) Not provided (g) Sitaw (Filipino); String beans; Blackeyed pea (English) (h) Bulak (Filipino); Cotton; Upland cotton (English)

fever  leaves Capiz
         
 

(a) Salay with (b) bawang (c) paminta (d) kutsay (e) herba buena (f) sibuyas

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(a) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (b) Allium sativumL. (c ) Piper nigrumL. d) Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng. (e) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (f) Allium cepaL.

(a) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English); Salay (Tag.) (b) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) (c) Paminta (Filipino); Black pepper (English) (d) Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English) (e) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (f) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

beri-beri  (a) bulb (b) leaves (c) seeds (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) bulb Marinduque