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) Maragaya (Vis.) mix with (b) mayana (red) (c) hawan (red) (d) compesaw

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(a) Not provided (b) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

(a) Maragaya (b) Mayana (pula) (Filipino) (c) hawan (red) (d) Compesaw

severe mosquito bites  (a) leaves (4 pcs.) (b) leaves (3 pcs.) (c) leaves (4 pcs.) (d) leaves (1 pc.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Mayana (pula) mix with (b) compesaw (c) hawan (red) (d) maragaya

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(a) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

(a) Mayana (pula) (Filipino) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided

severe mosquito bites  (a) leaves (3 pcs.) (b) leaves (1 pc.) (c) leaves (4 pcs.) (d) leaves (4 pcs.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Mayana (pula) (Vis.) mix with (b) maragaya (c) hawan (red) (d) compesaw

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(a) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided

(a) Mayana (pula) (Filipino) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided

severe mosquito bites  (a) leaves (3 pcs.) (b) leaves (4 pcs.) (c) leaves (4 pcs.) (d) leaves (1 pc.) Zamboanga
         
 

Oregano

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Plectranthus amboinicus(Lour.) Spreng.

Oregano (Filipino); Mexican mint (English)

severe headache  leaves Batangas
         
 

Dayap (Ilk.)

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Citrus X aurantiifolia(Christm.) Swingle (pro. sp.)

Dayap (Filipino); Lime; Key lime (English)

severe headache  leaves Nueva Ecija
         
 

Upo

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Lagenaria siceraria(Molina) Standl.

Upo (Filipino); Bottlegourd (English)

severe headache  young leaves Nueva Ecija
         
 

Alibangbang

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Bauhinia malabarica Roxb.

Alibangbang (Filipino)

severe coughing  leaves Samar
         
 

Alibangbang

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Bauhinia malabarica Roxb.

Alibangbang (Filipino)

severe coughing  leaves South Cotabato
         
 

(a) Bila-bila mix with (b) yahong-yahong (c) dila-dila sa iro (d) escobang magawis (e) escobang pungko (f) busikad (g) papayang lalaki

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(a) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (b) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb. (c ) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr. (d) Sida alnifolia var. alnifolia (e) Not provided (f) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (g) Carica papayaL.

(a) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (b) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English) (c) Dila-dila (Filipino) (d) Walis-walisan (Filipino) (e) Escobang pungko (f) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (g) Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English)

senda  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) flowers (g) flowers Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Busikad mix with (b) yahong-yahong (c) dila-dila sa iro (d) escobang magawis (e) escobang pungko (f) bila-bila (g) papayang lalaki

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(a) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (b) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb. (c) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (g) Carica papayaL.

(a) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (b) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English) (c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (d) Escobang magawis (e) Escobang pungko (f) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis) (g) Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English)

senda  (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) leaves (g) flowers Lanao del Norte