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) Trumpa with (b) kadlum (c) atumbay

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(a) Not provided (b) Pogostemon heyneanus Benth. (c ) Not provided

(a) Trumpa (b) Kadlum (Filipino); Indian patchouli (English) (c) atumbay

loose bowel movement  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Romblon
         
 

(a) makabra (K .Bis.) in combination with (b) soromo (c) himbis-himbis

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(a) Heliotropium indicumL. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Trompa ng elepante (Filipino); Indian heliotrope (English) (b) Soromo (c) Himbis-himbis

fever  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Antique
         
 

(a) Trompang elepante mix with (b) sibuyas costa (c) alimhon (d) kasla (e) tanglad (f) kagupkop (g) latay (h) kandaba

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(a) Heliotropium indicumL. (b) Allium cepaL. (c ) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (d) Croton tigliumL. ( e) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (f) Not provided (g) Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp. (h) Gossypium hirsutumL.

(a) Trompa ng elepante (Filipino); Indian heliotrope (English) (b) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English) (c) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (d) Tuba (Filipino); Croton; Purging croton (English) (e) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (f) Not provided (g) Sitaw (Filipino); String beans; Blackeyed pea (English) (h) Bulak (Filipino); Cotton; Upland cotton (English)

fever  leaves Capiz
         
 

(a) kanding-kanding (b) buyo (c) Cadlum (d) lampunaya (e) luy-a

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(a) Heliotropium indicumL. (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Pogostemon cablin(Blanco) Benth. (d) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (e) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Trompa ng elepante (Filipino); Indian heliotrope (English) (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Kablin (Filipino); Patchouli (English); Kabling (Pamp.;Tag.) (d) Mayana (Filipino) (e) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

typhoid fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) rhizome Aklan
         
 

(a) Timbang-timbang mix with (b) sarsaparilla (c) mantavil

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(a) Aristolochia tagala Cham. (b) Smilax chinaL. (c ) Not provided

(a) Timbangan (Filipino) (b) Sarsaparilyang-china (Filipino); China root (English) (c) Not provided

colic  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Capiz
         
 

(a) Timbang-timbang mix with (b) sarsaparilla (c) mantavil

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(a) Aristolochia tagala Cham. (b) Smilax chinaL. (c ) Not provided

(a) Timbangan (Filipino) (b) Sarsaparilyang-china (Filipino); China root (English) (c) Not provided

kulebra  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Capiz
         
 

(a) Saging-saging mix with (b) malagaya (c) mayana (pula)

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(a) Canna indicaL. (b) Oryza sativaL. (c ) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Tikas (Filipino); Indian bread shot; Indian shot (English); Saging-saging (Tag.) (b) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (c) Mayana (pula) (Filipino)

pasma  leaves (21 pieces of each) Cebu
         
 

(a) Tikap mix with (b) lunga

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(a) Not provided (b) Sesamum indicumL.

(a) Tikap (b) Linga (Filipino); Sesame (English)

chicken pox  (a) seeds (b) seeds Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Tigaw mix with (b) hanom-o (c) tuba-tuba

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(a) Callicarpa candicans(Burm. f.) Hochr. (b) Not provided (c ) Jatropha curcasL.

(a) Tigaw (Filipino) (b) Not provided (c) Tubang Bakod (Filipino); Big purge nut; Physic nut; Barbados nut (English)

beri-beri  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Tigaw (b) hagonoi (c) maragoso

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(a) Callicarpa candicans(Burm. f.) Hochr. (b) Lantana camaraL. (c ) Momordica charantiaL.

(a) Tigaw (Filipino) (b) Lantana (Filipino); Largeleaf lantana (English) (c) Ampalaya (Filipino); Bittergourd; Balsampear (English)

skin diseases  (a) leaves (tops) (b) leaves (c) leaves Aklan