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) Banaba (b) pandan humot (c) sibukaw (d) bukok ng mais (e) kogon

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(a) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (b) Pandanus tectoriusParkinson ex Zucc. (c ) Caesalpinia sappanL. (d) Zea maysL. (e) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (b) Pandan-mabango (Filipino); Thatch screwpine; Textile screwpine; Tahitian screwpine; Pandan (English) (c) Sapang (Filipino); Bakkum wood; Sappanwood (English) (d) Mais/Buhok (Filipino); Corn (English) (e) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

diuretic  (a) bark or wood (b) roots and leaves (c) wood (d) corn silk (e) roots Aklan
         
 

Buhok it mais

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Zea maysL.

Mais (Filipino); Corn (English)

diuretic  dried corn silk Aklan
         
 

Buhok ng mais bugos

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Zea maysL.

Mais (Filipino); Corn (English)

diuretic  corn silk Aklan
         
 

Chinese plant

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Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq.

Kabling-gubat (Filipino); Balbas-pusa

diuretic  leaves Aklan
         
 

Coconut

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Cocos nuciferaL.

Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

diuretic  coconut water Aklan
         
 

(a) Cogon (b) pandan humot (c) sibukaw (d) bukok ng mais (e) Banaba

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Pandanus tectoriusParkinson ex Zucc. (c ) Caesalpinia sappanL. (d) Zea maysL. (e) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (b) Pandan-mabango (Filipino); Thatch screwpine; Textile screwpine; Tahitian screwpine; Pandan (English) (c) Sapang (Filipino); Bakkum wood; Sappanwood (English) (d) Mais/Buhok (Filipino); Corn (English) (e) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

diuretic  (a) roots (b) roots and leaves (c) wood (d) corn silk (e) bark or wood Aklan
         
 

Miagos

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diuretic  roots Aklan
         
 

Niyog

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Cocos nuciferaL.

Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

diuretic  coconut water Aklan
         
 

(a) Pandan humot (b) Banaba (c) sibukaw (d) bukok ng mais (e) kogon

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(a) Pandanus tectoriusParkinson ex Zucc. (b) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (c ) Caesalpinia sappanL. (d) Zea maysL. (e) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Pandan-mabango (Filipino); Thatch screwpine; Textile screwpine; Tahitian screwpine; Pandan (English) (b) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (c) Sapang (Filipino); Bakkum wood; Sappanwood (English) (d) Mais/Buhok (Filipino); Corn (English) (e) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

diuretic  (a) roots and leaves (b) bark or wood (c) wood (d) corn silk (e) roots Aklan
         
 

Sawea-it cogon

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diuretic  stem Aklan
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