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) Paunas mix with (b) kaningag (c) banag (Waray)

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(a) Not provided (b) Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm. (c ) Thespesia populnea(L.) Sol. ex Corr_a

(a) Not provided (b) Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English) (c) Banago (Filipino); Portia tree; Seaside mahoe (English)

late menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Leyte
         
 

(a) Panaguason mix with (b) Kakaw (c) Lakad-bulan (d) Artamisa

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(a) Not provided (b) Theobroma cacaoL. (c ) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (d) Artemisia vulgarisL.

(a) Not provided (b) Kakaw (Filipino); Cacao (English) (c) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (d) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)

irregular menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots (c) leaves (d) leaves Sorsogon
         
 

(a) Buongon mix with (b) kakaw (c) mangga (d) atis (e) langka (f) kape (g) tuba-tuba

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(a) Not provided (b) Theobroma cacaoL. (c ) Mangifera indicaL. (d) Annona squamosaL. (e) Artocarpus heterophyllusLam. (f) CoffeaL. (g) Jatropha gossypiifoliaL.

(a) Not provided (b) Kakaw (Filipino); Cacao (English) (c) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (d) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English) (e) Langka (Filipino); Jackfruit (English) (f) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (g) Tuba-tuba (Filipino); Bellyache bush (English)

gas pain  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) leaves (g) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Alimog-mog in combination with (b) agboy (c) niog-niogan (d) tebeg (e) anonang

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(a) Not provided (b) Mussaenda philippicaA. Rich. (c ) Combretum indicum(L.) DeFilipps (d) Not provided (e) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst.

(a) Not provided (b) Kahoy-dalaga (Filipino) (c) Niyog-niyogan (Filipino); Burma creeper (English) (d) Tebeg (e) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English)

pasma  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark (d) bark (e) bark Romblon
         
 

(a) Haganton (b) Buyo (c) hanalib-on (d) sabilaw (e) taea-taea (f) ughayan (g) adgaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (d) Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Premna odorataBlanco

(a) Not provided (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (d) Sabilaw (Filipino) (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English)

pasma  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) leaves (g) leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Haganton (b) Buyo (c) hanalib-on (d) sabilaw (e) taea-taea (f) ughayan (g) adgaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (d) Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Premna odorataBlanco

(a) Not provided (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (d) Sabilaw (Filipino) (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English)

paralysis  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) leaves (g) leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Kulucogon with (b) herba-buena (c) adgaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (c ) Premna odorataBlanco

(a) Not provided (b) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (c) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English)

ulcer  (a) roots (b) dried leaves (c) roots Capiz
         
 

(a) Hinagdong (b) eabnog (c) hinlaumo

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(a) Not provided (b) Ficus septica Burm.f. (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Hauili (Filipino); Labnog (P.Bis.) (c) Not provided

headache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Pachal mix with (b) granada

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(a) Not provided (b) Punica granatumL.

(a) Not provided (b) Granada (Filipino); Pomegranate (English)

family planning  (a) roots (b) bark Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Cenaguli (Tausug) mix with (b) Bicad-bicad (Sul.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Not provided (b) Crowsfoot grass; manienie ali'I; Silver crabgrass; Wiregrass; Indian goosegrass Goosegrass (English)

for general condition of the body  (a) roots (b) roots Zamboanga