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
         
 

Talog (Tagakaulo), Talong (Bisaya, Tagalog)

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Solanum?melongena?L.

Eggplant (English), Talong (Filipino)

For wound, samad  Leaves Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

Talog (Tagakaulo), Talong (Bisaya, Tagalog)

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Solanum?melongena?L.

Eggplant (English), Talong (Filipino)

For inflammed breasts, Sakit sa tutoy/ mihubag na totoy (after panganak) (binuangan sa uwak) Tagakaulo  Fruit (bunga) Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

Talong (Tagalog) + Balahibo sa manok

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Solanum?melongena?L.

Eggplant (English), Talong (Filipino)

For measles (tipdas) Bisaya, esus (Tagakaulo)  Mature leaves and Chicken feather Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

Itlog puti sa manok

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Uncollected

Egg white

For difficulty in breathing (asthma), hubak (mag-ot yaaba)  White portion of the egg Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

Duyong Marbas Paragis

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1 2 3 Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.

Duyong Marbas Paragis

Nalura ng dugo (Hemoptysis)   1 Fish bone 2 Root 3 Root Alabat Island
         
 

Duyan

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Durio zibethinusMurray

Durian (Filipino; English)

stomachache  bark Tawi-tawi
         
 

Durian

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Durio zibethinusMurray

Durian (Filipino; English)

muscular pain  bark Lanao del Sur
         
 

Doranta

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Duranta erectaL.

Duranta (Filipino); Golden dewdrops (English)

boil  leaves Pampanga
         
 

Dungon (Ilk.)

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Heritiera littoralisDryand.

Dungon-late (Filipino)

high blood pressure  roots Ilocos Norte
         
 

Terra-mycin

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Polyalthia suberosa (Roxb.) Thwaites

Duhat-matsing (Filipino)

purgative  fruit Cebu
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