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
         
 

Notap (Tagabawa)

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Uncollected

Not provided

For boha (Tagabawa)   Inner bark Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

Nuanang (Tausug)

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Not provided

Not provided

tuberculosis  bark Zamboanga
         
 

Nulda-nulda

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Not provided

Not provided

dislocated joint  leaves Samar
         
 

Nuog-nuog

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Solanum donianumWalp.

Malatalong (Filipino); Mullein nightshade (English)

headache  leaves Siquijor
         
 

Nut grass

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Not provided

Not provided

intestinal trouble  leaves Leyte
         
 

Nutong (Tagabawa)

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Cyathea contaminans (Wall. Ex Hook.) Copel.

Not provided

For fast bone growth, para dali makalakaw ang bag-ong panganak na bata, para madali lumaki o tumangkad ang tuhod ng bagong panganak na bata  Bud or Shoot Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo
         
 

O-on (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

 Hubag naay mata (open boils)  Bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Oas (Ilk.)

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Harpullia arborea(Blanco) Radlk.

Puas (Filipino); Tulip-wood tree (English)

chicken pox  leaves Cagayan
         
 

Oay (Subanon)

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Daemonorops mollis (Blanco) Merr.

Rattan (Filipino)

tuberculosis  vine Zamboanga del Sur
         
 

Obat

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Not provided

Obat

diuretic  leaves Camarines Sur
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