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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

Angel's trumpet * Image in process *	Brugmansia X candidaPers. (pro. sp.)	Trompeta (Filipino); Angel's trumpet; Brugmansia (English)	asthma	fresh leaves and stem	Benguet

Makabra (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Heliotropium indicum L.	Trompang elepante (Filipino), Indian turnsole (English), Indian heliotrope (English)	Vomiting and diarrhea	Any part	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Makabra (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Heliotropium indicum L.	Trompang elepante (Filipino), Indian turnsole (English), Indian heliotrope (English)	Headache	Leaves	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Hagonoy (Bisaya), (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. King & H. Robinson	Triffid weed, Siam weed (English), Hagonoy (Filipino)	For wound, para sa samad	Young leaves	Davao - Tagakaolo

Ambabilan (Tagakaulo), Alagasi (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Leukosyke capitella Wedd.	Toothscrubbber (English), Alagasi (Filipino)	For convulsion, para sa grabeng hilanat	Young leaves	Davao - Tagakaolo

Ambabilan (Tagakaulo), Alagasi (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Leukosyke capitella Wedd.	Toothscrubbber (English), Alagasi (Filipino)	To eradicate the fishy smell of discharges after giving birth, para dili langsa ang dugo after manganak	Bark	Davao - Tagakaolo

Kamatis (Bisaya, Tagalog) * Image in process *	Lycopersicum?esculentum?Mill.	Tomato (English), Kamatis (Filipino)	For magbati (Bisaya), labor pains felt by the mothers before delivery	Young or mature leaves	Davao - Talaingod Manobo

Tinta-tinta (Ilk.) * Image in process *	Eclipta prostrata(L.) L.	Tinta-tinta (Filipino); False daisy (English)	wound healing	leaves	Ilocos Norte

Tinta-tinta * Image in process *	Eclipta prostrata(L.) L.	Tinta-tinta (Filipino); False daisy (English)	eczema	flowers	Sorsogon

Malatinta * Image in process *	Eclipta prostrata(L.) L.	Tinta-tinta (Filipino); False daisy (English)	wounds	leaves	Pampanga

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