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) Tungaw-tungaw (b) ulingon

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(a) Solanum nigrumL. (b) Cratoxylum sumatranum (Jack) Blume

(a) Lubi-lubi (Filipino); Black nighshade (English) (b) Panagulingon (Filipino)

dysmenorrhea  (a) seeds and flower buds (b) roots Aklan
         
 

(a) Tungaw-tungaw (b) ulingon

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(a) Solanum nigrumL. (b) Cratoxylum sumatranum (Jack) Blume

(a) Lubi-lubi (Filipino); Black nighshade (English) (b) Panagulingon (Filipino)

abortifacient  (a) seeds and flower buds (b) roots Aklan
         
 

(a) Ikug-ikug with (b) dalaput (c) Bila-bila (d) Pisik (e) Konsensi

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(a) Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (d) Centipeda minima(L.) A. Braun & Asch. (e) Not provided

(a) Hikau-hikauan (Filipino); Ikug-ikug (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis) (d) Pisik (Filipino); Spreading sneezeweed (English) (e) Konsensi

fever  (a) roots (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Siquijor
         
 

(a) Elepante w/ (b) Kusol

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(a) Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl. (b) Kaempferia galanga L.

(a) Hikau-hikauan (Filipino) (b) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English)

headache  (a) leaves (b) leaves South Cotabato
         
 

(a) Ar-aritos mix with (b) Bidai

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(a) Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl. (b) Ocimum basilicumL.

(a) Hikau-hikauan (Filipino) (b) Balanoy (Filipino); Grand basilic; Sweet basil (English)

wounds  (a) leaves (b) Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Hikaw-hikawan mix with (b) biday

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(a) Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl. (b) Ocimum tenuiflorumL.

(a) Hikau-hikauan (Filipino) (b) Sulasi (Filipino); Holy basil (English)

rheumatism  (a) leaves (b) leaves Nueva Ecija
         
 

(a) Tambaligasa (Bis.) with (b) mala-mala (Bis.) and (c) bayabas (Bis.)

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(a) Sophora tomentosa (b) Not provided (c) Psidium guajava

(a) Tambiligisa (Tag.); necklace pod (Engl.); yellow necklace pod (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Guava (Engl.)

Diarrhea; stomacheache  (a) seeds (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Sereguelas (Bis.) with (b) nangka (Bis.) and (c) santol (Bis.)

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(a) Spondias purpurea (b) Artocarpus heterophyllus (c) Sandoricum koetjape

(a) Spanish plum (Engl.); sineguelas (Tag.); scarlet plum (Engl.) (b) Nangka (Bis.); langka (Tag.); jack tree (Engl.) (c) Cotton fruit (Engl.); lolly fruit (Engl.); santol (Tag.)

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time)  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Salimbago mix with (b) kasapi-kasapi

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(a) Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl (b) Ageratum conyzoidesL.

(a) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English) (b) Bulak-manok (Filipino); Goat weed; Tropical whiteweed (English)

fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Salimbago mix with (b) mangoaw (c) kalawag

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(a) Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl (b) Conyza bonariensis(L.) Cronquist (c ) Not provided

(a) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English) (b) Tagabili (Filipino); Asthmaweed; Wavy-leaf fleabane; Flax-leaf fleabane; Hairy fleabane (English) (c) Not provided

loose bowel movement  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) rhizome Lanao del Sur