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) Sula sa kogon (Bis.) with (b) busikad (Bis.) and (c) bila-bila (Bis.)

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(a) Imperata cylindrica (b) Cyperus kyllingia (c) Eleusine indica

(a) Not provided (b) White Kyllingia (Engl.) (c) Paragis (Tag.); wire grass (Engl.); crowsfoot (Engl.); silver crabgrass (Engl.); indian goosegrass (Engl.); goosegrass (Engl.)

Tooth grown in infant  (a) roots (b) flowers (c) flowers Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Suma mix with (b) dita (c) santol (d) kalatsutsi

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(a) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br. (c ) Sandoricum koetjape(Burm. f.) Merr. (d) Plumeria rubraL.

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English) (c) Santol (Filipino) (d) Kalatsutsi (Filipino); Temple flower; Frangipani; Templetree (English)

malaria  (a) vine (b) bark (c) bark (d) bark Batangas
         
 

(a) Suma mix with (b) karegan (c) mamong-al (d) hampas tikbalang (e) kagatan ng mais

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(a) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Smilax bracteata C.Presl (e) Not provided

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Karegan (c) Mamong-al (d) Banag (Filipino); Hampas-tigbalang (Tag.) (e) Kagatan ng mais

pampalakas ng regla  (a) vine (b) roots (c) roots (d) vine (e) vine Batangas
         
 

(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) Sumpa (b) alibutra (c) banagan

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(a) Corchorus capsularisL.; Corchorus olitoriusL (b) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (c ) Smilax bracteata C.Presl

(a) Pasau-na-bilog; Pasau-na-haba (Filipino); Jute; Nalta jute (English) (b) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (c) Banag (Filipino)

bleeding after childbirth  (a) stem (b) vine (c) rhizome Aklan
         
 

(a) Sumunu (b) Niyog

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(a) Rhizophora mucronataLam. (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Bakawan-babae (Filipino); Mangrove (English); Bakawan (Tag.) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

blood spitting  (a) roots (b) roots Tawi-tawi
         
 

(a) Suob-kabayo mix with (b) damong maria (c) sambong (d) lagundi

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(a) Hyptis suaveolens(L.) Poit. (b) Artemisia vulgarisL. (c ) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (d) Vitex negundoL.

(a) Suob-kabayo (Filipino); Bush-tea-bush; Pignut (English) (b) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (c) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (d) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English)

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves Batangas
         
 

(a) Suwa (b) adgaw (c) labnog (d) kamias (e) Kalangkang (f) tanglad (g) buyo

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(a) Not provided (b) Premna odorataBlanco (c ) Ficus septica Burm.f. (d) Averrhoa bilimbiL. (e) Schefflera insularum (Seem.) Harms (f) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (g) Piper betleL.

(a) Not provided (b) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (c) Hauili (Filipino) (d) Kamias (Filipino); Bilimbi (English); Kalamias (Tag) (e) Galamai-amo (Filipino) (f) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (g) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English)

bath after childbirth  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) whole plant (g) buds Aklan
         
 

(a) Tabako (b) buyo (c) Betel nut

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(a) Nicotiana tabacumL. (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Areca catechuL.

(a) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English)

gas pain  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) nut Aklan
         
 

(a) Tabako (b) salimunog (c) bawang

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(a) Nicotiana tabacumL. (b) Not provided (c ) Allium sativumL.

(a) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (b) Not provided (c) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English)

anthelmintic  (a) ash (b) fruit (c) cloves Aklan