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) Kogopkop with (b) malawmaw (c) libas (d) hinda-uwak (e) hagonoy (f) alimhon

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Wedelia biflora(L) DC (f) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Hagonoi (Filipino); Agonoy (Bis.;Ilk.) (f) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English)

cramps (palamiahod)  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) leaves Capiz
         
 

(a) Dila-dila sa iro cocogbanog mix with (b) pesaw-pesaw (c) kalagas-kagas (d) siling gamay

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided

fever  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Dila-dila sa iro cocogbanog mix with (b) pesaw-pesaw (c) kalagas-kagas (d) siling gamay

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided

constipation  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Dila-dila sa iro cocogbanog mix with (b) pesaw-pesaw (c) kalagas-kagas (d) siling gamay

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided

relapse  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Kasep a nipay mix with (b) albaka (c) kaperek-perek

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

fever with cough  leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kasep a nipay mix with (b) loya tidek (c) tangila-a-lupa

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English)

diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Saguli in combination with (b) alibotbot (c) agong-agong

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(a) Not provided (b) Tabernaemontana pandacaquiPoir. (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Pandakaki (Filipino) (c) Not provided

relapse of newly delivered mothers  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Banlao with (b) catumbay (c) herba-buena (d) sambong (e) alagaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Capsicum annuum var. annuumL. (c ) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (d) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (e) Premna odorataBlanco

(a) Not provided (b) Siling labuyo (Filipino); Hot pepper; Cayenne pepper (English) (c) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (d) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (e) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English)

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Romblon
         
 

(a) Kasep a nipay mix with (b) mengiyak a lupa

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(a) Not provided (b) Hyptis suaveolens(L.) Poit.

(a) Not provided (b) Suob-kabayo (Filipino); Bush-tea-bush; Pignut (English)

cough  (a) leaves (b) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Abangay in combination with (b) bangkuro (c) alibotbot (d) Lagunoy (e) Cuyo-kogo (f) sentimiento (g) kaningag (h) amuyong

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(a) Not provided (b) Morinda citrifoliaL. (c ) Tabernaemontana pandacaquiPoir. (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm. (h) Goniothalamus amuyon (Blanco) Merr.

(a) Not provided (b) Bankoro (Filipino); Indian mulberry (English) (c) Pandakaki (Filipino) (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English) (h) Amuyong (Filipino)

stomachache  all roots Romblon