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) Avocado mix with (b) rice

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(a) Persea americanaMill. (b) Oryza sativaL.

(a) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (b) Bigas (Filipino); Rice grains; Rice (English)

loose bowel movement  (a) leaves (b) grain Surigao del Norte
         
 

(a) avocado with (b) bayabas

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(a) Persea americanaMill. (b) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) roots Cagayan
         
 

(a) avocado with (b) malmalukong

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(a) Persea americanaMill. (b) Nothopanax fruticosum (Linn.) Miq.

(a) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (b) Papua (Filipino); Cut-leaved panax (English); Malmalukong (Ilokano)

loose bowel movement  leaves Cagayan
         
 

(a) awoy (Ceb.) mix with (b) lunas (Ceb.)

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(a) Callicarpa candicans(Burm. f.) Hochr. (b) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss

(a) Tigaw (Filipino) (b) Kawayan/walang tinik (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English)

internal hemorrhage  (a) leaves (b) roots Camiguin
         
 

(a) Ayom (b) camote

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(a) Melanolepis multiglandulosa(Reinw. ex Blume) Rchb. f. & Zoll. (b) Ipomoea batatas(L.) Lam.

(a) Alim (Filipino); Alum (Bikol) (b) Kamote (Filipino); Sweet potato (English)

hypertension  leaves Batanes
         
 

(a) Badak mix with (b) tambis (c) mangga (d) kalawag

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(a) Artocarpus heterophyllusLam. (b) Ficus minahassae (Teijsm. & Vriese) Miq. (c ) Mangifera indicaL. (d) Curcuma longaL.

(a) Langka (Filipino); Jackfruit (English) (b) Hagimit (Filipino); Tambis (C.Bis.) (c) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (d) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English); Kalawag (Mbo.;Bis.)

cholera  (a) young fruit (b) young leaves (c) young leaves (d) rhizome of young plant Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Badbad (Bis.) with (b) Sulbaran (Bis.), (c) Pahauling tambauli (Bis.), (d) Pahauling sida (Bis.) and (e) Pahauli ulian (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Maladies caused by "witchcraft" like daot, paktol, barang  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Badbaran (Bis.) with (b) Badbad (Bis.), (c) Sulbaran (Bis.), (d) Pahauli sa moros (Bis.), and (e) Pahauling kahoy (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Unexplainable illness or maladies caused by "witchcraft" like daot, paktol, barang  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Badyang (b) coconut

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(a) Colocasia esculenta(L.) Schott (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Gabi (Filipino); Taro; Coco yam; Wild taro (English) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

toothache  (a) mature stalk (b) ash of husk Aklan
         
 

(a) Badyawan (b) tagum (c) helba-malipueon (d) kusol (e) bayawas (f) helba-manengasenga (g) adgaw (h) payaw

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(a) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (b) Indigofera suffruticosaMill. (c ) Not provided (d) Kaempferia galanga L. (e) Psidium guajavaL. (f) Not provided (g) Premna odorataBlanco (h) Not provided

(a) Makabuhay (Filipino) (b) Tayum (Filipino); Anil de pasto (English) (c) Not provided (d) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English) (e) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (f) Not provided (g) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (h) Not provided

stomachache  (a) bark (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) leaves (g) leaves (h) rhizome Aklan