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) Suwa (b) adgaw (c) labnog (d) kamias (e) Kalangkang (f) tanglad (g) buyo

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(a) Not provided (b) Premna odorataBlanco (c ) Ficus septica Burm.f. (d) Averrhoa bilimbiL. (e) Schefflera insularum (Seem.) Harms (f) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (g) Piper betleL.

(a) Not provided (b) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (c) Hauili (Filipino) (d) Kamias (Filipino); Bilimbi (English); Kalamias (Tag) (e) Galamai-amo (Filipino) (f) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (g) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English)

bath after childbirth  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) whole plant (g) buds Aklan
         
 

(a) Anukol (b) adgaw (c) banaba (d) buyo (e) badyawan (f) bangkal (g) sabilaw (h) tanglad

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(a) Not provided (b) Premna odorataBlanco (c ) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (d) Piper betleL. (e) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (f) Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. (g) Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet (h) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf

(a) Not provided (b) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (c) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (d) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (e) Makabuhay (Filipino) (f) Bangkal (Filipino) (g) Sabilaw (Filipino) (h) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)

paralysis  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) stem (h) stem Aklan
         
 

(a) Anihaw (b) hinlagasi (c) ughayan

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(a) Not provided (b) Leucosyke capitellata Wedd. (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Alagasi (Filipino); Layasin (Tagalog) (c) Not provided

rheumatism  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Aklan
         
 

(a) Anihaw (b) hinlagasi (c) ughayan

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(a) Not provided (b) Leucosyke capitellata Wedd. (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Alagasi (Filipino); Layasin (Tagalog) (c) Not provided

arthritis  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Aklan
         
 

(a) Helba-manengasenga (b) tagum (c) helba-malipueon (d) kosul (e) bayawas (f) badyawan (g) adgaw (h) payaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Indigofera suffruticosaMill. (c ) Not provided (d) Kaempferia galanga L. (e) Psidium guajavaL. (f) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (g) Premna odorataBlanco (h) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Tayum (Filipino); Anil de pasto (English) (c) Not provided (d) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English) (e) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (f) Makabuhay (Filipino) (g) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (h) Not provided

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) bark (g) leaves (h) rhizome Aklan
         
 

(a) Helba-manengasenga (b) tagum (c) helba-malipueon (d) kosul (e) bayawas (f) badyawan (g) adgaw (h) payaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Indigofera suffruticosaMill. (c ) Not provided (d) Kaempferia galanga L. (e) Psidium guajavaL. (f) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (g) Premna odorataBlanco (h) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Tayum (Filipino); Anil de pasto (English) (c) Not provided (d) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English) (e) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (f) Makabuhay (Filipino) (g) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (h) Not provided

colic  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) bark (g) leaves (h) rhizome Aklan
         
 

(a) Helba-manengasenga (b) tagum (c) helba-malipueon (d) kosul (e) bayawas (f) badyawan (g) adgaw (h) payaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Indigofera suffruticosaMill. (c ) Not provided (d) Kaempferia galanga L. (e) Psidium guajavaL. (f) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (g) Premna odorataBlanco (h) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Tayum (Filipino); Anil de pasto (English) (c) Not provided (d) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English) (e) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (f) Makabuhay (Filipino) (g) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (h) Not provided

indigestion  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) bark (g) leaves (h) rhizome Aklan
         
 

(a) Cherry blossom (b) hinalib-on

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(a) Not provided (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC

(a) Not provided (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) roots Aklan
         
 

(a) Sinamak (b) dalugdog

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(a) Not provided (b) Caesalpinia cristaL.

(a) Not provided (b) Kalumbibit (Filipino); Gray nicker (English)

stomachache  (a) seeds (b) seeds Aklan
         
 

(a) Aeakaw (b) taea-taea (c) amahit

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(a) Not provided (b) Euphorbia hirtaL. (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Gatas-gatas (Filipino); Australian asthma weed; Pillpod sandmat (English) (c) Not provided

eye disease  (a) stem juice (b) stem (c) leaves Aklan