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) Pea (b) alabitin

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(a) Ananas comosus(L.) Merr. (b) Not provided

(a) Pinya (Filipino); Pineapple (English) (b) Not provided

pasma  (a) 7 'ubod' or shoot (b) 7 leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Pinya mix with (b) nangka (c) bayabas (d) mangga (e) banaba

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(a) Ananas comosus(L.) Merr. (b) Artocarpus heterophyllusLam. (c ) Psidium guajavaL. (d) Mangifera indicaL. (e) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Pinya (Filipino); Pineapple (English) (b) Langka (Filipino); Jackfruit (English); Nangka (Tag.;Ibn.;Bis.;Sul.) (c) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (d) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (e) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

indigestion  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Pia mix with (b) banana (c) buli

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(a) Ananas comosus(L.) Merr. (b) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.) (c ) Corypha utan Lam.

(a) Pinya (Filipino); Pineapple (English) (b) Saging (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English) (c) Buli (Filipino)

relapse from fever  (a) leaves (b) trunk (c) stalk Nueva Ecija
         
 

(a) Pinya (Bis.) with (b) abokado (Bis.) and (c) lansones (Bis.)

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(a) Annas comosus (b) Persea americana (c) Lansium domesticum

(a) Pinya (Tag.); pina (Tag.); pi_a (Bis., Tag.); pineapple (Engl.) (b) Avocado (Engl.) (c) Langsat (Engl.); lanzones (Engl.), bulahan (Bis.)

Indigestion  (a) leaf (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) plagtiki mix with (b) botoncillo (c) cogon

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(a) Not provided (b) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Plagtiki (b) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English) (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Antique
         
 

(a) Pulang tikog mix with (b) anonang (c) alibungog (d) bayabas (e) ham-o (f) kalidades (g) busikad (h) malagaya (i) tabako (j) kamunggay

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(a) Not provided (b) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (c ) Ehretia philippinensis A.DC. (d) Psidium guajavaL. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (h) Oryza sativaL. (I) Nicotiana tabacumL. (j) Moringa oleiferaLam.

(a) Pulang tikog (b) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (c) Alibungog (Filipino) (d) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (e) Ham-o (f) Kalidades (g) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (h) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (i) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (j) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English); Kamunggay (Ceb.)

suka't tae   (a) young leaves (b) young leaves (c) young leaves (d) young leaves (e) flowers (f) flowers (g) flowers (h) grains (i) ash (j) bark Cebu
         
 

(a) Toor mix with (b) loya pagirisen

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(a) Equisetum giganteumL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Putod (Filipino); Giant horsetail (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

sprain  (a) leaves and stem; (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Toor mix with (b) kalawag

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(a) Equisetum giganteumL. (b) Not provided

(a) Putod (Filipino); Giant horsetail (English) (b) Not provided

beri-beri  (a) leaves (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Toor mix with (b) kalawag

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(a) Equisetum giganteumL. (b) Not provided

(a) Putod (Filipino); Giant horsetail (English) (b) Not provided

sprain  (a) leaves (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Hugalpo (Bis.) with (b) halom pula (Bis.) and (c) mayanang pula (Bis.)

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(a) Crassocephalum crepidioides (b) Amaranthus paniculatus (c) Coleus scutellarioides (L.) benth

(a) Redflower ragleaf (Engl.) (b) Halon (Tag.); Red amaranth (Engl.) (c) Malaina (Tag.); mayana (Bis.)

Eczema  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan