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) Duguan (Bis.) with (b) sibukaw (Bis.) and (c) puti laya (Bis.)

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(a) Myristica sp. (b) Caesalpinia sappan (c) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Sappan (Ilk., Tag.); Sappan wood (Engl.); Indian redwood (Engl.) (c) Not provided

Abnormal menstrual bleeding  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Bangkal (Bis.) with (b) Malawmaw (Bis.), (c) Lagikaw (Bis.) and (d) Tugas hamol-aw (Bis.)

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(a) Nauclea orientalis (b) Not provided (c) Medinilla sp. (d) Vitex sp.

(a) Bulabangkal (Bis.); cheesewood (Engl.); leichhardt tree (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided

Pasmo sa kusog (overworked)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Bangkal (Bis.) with (b) Kawilan (Bis.), (c) Mantaawi (Bis.), (d) Buli-buli (Bis.) and (e) Bolongang balagon (Bis.)

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(a) Nauclea orientalis (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh. (e) Not provided

(a) Bulabangkal (Bis.); cheesewood (Engl.); leichhardt tree (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Kalayo (Tag.); rusty sapindus (Engl.) (e) Not provided

Bughat (a little more than relapse)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem (e) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Bangkal with (b) doldol

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(a) Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. (b) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Bangkal (Filipino) (b) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English); Doldol (Bis.)

prevent menstruation  roots Cebu
         
 

(a) Bangkal (b) badyawan

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(a) Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. (b) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson

(a) Bangkal (Filipino) (b) Makabuhay (Filipino)

headache  (a) leaves (b) bark Aklan
         
 

(a) Tabako mix with (b) anonang (c) pulang tikog (d) bayabas (e) ham-o (f) kalidades (g) busikad (h) malagaya (i) alibungog (j) kamunggay

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(a) Nicotiana tabacumL. (b) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (c ) Not provided (d) Psidium guajavaL. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (h) Oryza sativaL. (I) Ehretia philippinensis A.DC. (j) Moringa oleiferaLam.

(a) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (b) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (c ) Pulang tikog (d) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (e) Ham-o (f) Kalidades (g) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (h) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (i) Alibungog (Filipino) (j) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English); Kamunggay (Ceb.)

suka't tae   (a) young leaves (b) young leaves ( c) young leaves (d) young leaves (e) flowers (f) flowers (g) flowers (h) grains (i) ash (j) bark Cebu
         
 

(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
         
 

(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 (Ilk.) mix with salt and (b) bayabas

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(a) Nicotiana tabacumL. (b) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

skin diseases leprosy  leaves Kalinga
         
 

(a) Palsahingin mix with (b) saga (c) suma

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(a) Not provided (b) Abrus precatoriusL. (c ) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr.

(a) Not provided (b) Saga or Saga-saga (Filipino); Prayer bead; Rosarypea; Crab's eye; Jequerity (English) (c) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.)

cough  (a) bark (b) roots (c) vine Batangas