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) Albutra mix with (b) sappang (c) alagaw

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(a ) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Caesalpinia sappanL. (c ) Premna odorataBlanco

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Sapang (Filipino); Bakkum wood; Sappanwood (English) (c) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English)

late menstruation  (a) flower (b) branch (c) roots Marinduque
         
 

(a) Albutra with (b) sambong (c) mansanilla (d) damong maria (e) ikmo (f) San Francisco (g) cacao (h) amarillo

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(a) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (d) Artemisia vulgarisL. (e) Piper betleL. (f) Codiaeum variegatum(L.) Rumph. ex A. Juss. (g) Theobroma cacaoL. (h) Tagetes erectaL.

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (d) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (e) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (f) Garden croton (English); San Francisco (Spanish) (g) Kakaw (Filipino); Cacao (English) (h) Amarillo (Filipino); Marigold; Aztec marigold; French marigold (English)

irregular menstruation  roots for each Marinduque
         
 

(a) Albutra mix with (b) pansi-pansi (c) sambong (d) ikmo

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(a ) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link (c ) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (d) Piper betleL.

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Pansi-pansi (Filipino) (c) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (d) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English)

late menstruation  roots for each Marinduque
         
 

(a) Suma mix with (b) palsahingin (c) saga

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(a) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Not provided (c ) Abrus precatoriusL.

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Palsahingin (c) Saga or Saga-saga (Filipino); Prayer bead; Rosarypea; Crab's eye; Jequerity (English)

cough  (a) vine (b) bark (c) roots Batangas
         
 

(a) Albutra mix with (b) panaguli or panhauli

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(a) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Not provided

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Not provided

tonic for new mothers  (a) roots (b) roots Leyte
         
 

(a) Albutra with (b) mamagos (c) anis-anis (d) bintokong puti (e) bintokong (vine) (f) mangosteen

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(a) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Garcinia mangostanaL.

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Mamagos (c) Anis-anis (d) Bintokong puti (e) Bintokong (f) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English)

tuberculosis  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Albutra with (b) mamagos (c) anis-anis (d) bintokong puti (e) bintokong (vine) (f) mangosteen

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(a) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Garcinia mangostanaL.

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Mamagos (c) Anis-anis (d) Bintokong puti (e) Bintokong (f) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English)

tuberculosis  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Albutra with (b) mamagos (c) anis-anis (d) bintokong puti (e) bintokong (vine) (f) mangosteen

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(a) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Garcinia mangostanaL.

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Mamagos (c) Anis-anis (d) Bintokong puti (e) Bintokong (vine) (f) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English)

tuberculosis  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Albutra with (b) makabuhay (c) hagonoy (d) madre kakaw (e) malagango

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(a ) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (c ) Chromolaena odorata(L.) R.M. King & H. Rob. (d) Gliricidia sepium(Jacq.) Kunth (e) Not provided

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Makabuhay (Filipino) (c) Hagonoy (Filipino); Jack in the bus; Siamweed (English) (d) Kakawate (Filipino); Quickstick (English); Madre cacao (Spanich) (e) Malagango

skin diseases  (a) vine (b) vine (c) bark of branches (d) bark leaves Marinduque
         
 

(a) Albutra mix with (b) luya (c) damong maria (d) karatsi (e) pandakaki

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(a ) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Artemisia vulgarisL. (d) Not provided (e) Tabernaemontana pandacaqui

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (d) Karatsi (e) Pandakaki (Filipino)

irregular menstruation  (a) roots (b) rhizome (c) leaves (d roots (e) roots Marinduque