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) Kalamansi mix with (b) libas (c) buyo

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(a) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English) (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

cough  (a) libas (b) bark (c) buyo Capiz
         
 

(a) Tanglad mix with (b) sibuyas costa (c) trompang elepante (d) kasla (e) alimhon (f) kagupkop (g) latay (h) kandaba

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(a) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (b) Allium cepaL. (c ) Heliotropium indicumL. (d) Croton tigliumL. (e) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (f) Not provided (g) Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp. (h) Gossypium hirsutumL.

(a) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English); Salay (Tag.) (b) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English) (c) Trompa ng elepante (Filipino); Indian heliotrope (English) (d) Tuba (Filipino); Croton; Purging croton (English) (e) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (f) Not provided (g) Sitaw (Filipino); String beans; Blackeyed pea (English) (h) Bulak (Filipino); Cotton; Upland cotton (English)

fever  leaves Capiz
         
 

(a) Dulao mix with (b) lapunaya (c) apog

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

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Mayana (Filipino) (c) Apog

fever with chills  (a) rhizome (b) leaves (c) apog Capiz
         
 

(a) Dulao with (b) apog

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Not provided

(a) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Apog

earache  (a) rhizome (b) apog Capiz
         
 

(a) Dulao mix with (b) kamantigue

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Impatiens balsaminaL.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Kamantigue (Filipino); Touch-me-not balsam; Spotted snapweed (English)

burns  (a) rhizome (b) Capiz
         
 

(a) Dulao with (b) coconut

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

burns  (a) rhizome (b) milk (gata) Capiz
         
 

(a) Dulao mix with (b) hilba-buena (c) sibuyas costa (d) talong

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(a) Curcuma longaL. (b) Artemisia vulgarisL. (c ) Bulbostylis junciformis(Kunth) C.B. Clarke (d) Solanum melongenaL.

(a) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (b) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (c) Malasibuyas (Filipino); Caribbean hairsedge (English) (d) Talong (Filipino); Eggplant (English)

colic  (a) rhizome (b) leaves (c) bulb (d) fruit Capiz
         
 

(a) Ulingon mix with (b) banaba (c) buhok ng mais

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(a) Cratoxylum sumatranum (Jack) Blume (b) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (c ) Zea maysL.

(a) Panagulingon (Filipino) (b) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (c) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) leaves (c) corn silk Capiz
         
 

(a) Abalong with (b) ajos

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(a) Colocasia esculenta(L.) Schott (b) Allium sativumL.

(a) Gabing puti (Filipino); Taro; Coco yam; Wild taro (English) (b) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English)

colic  (a) roots (b) cloves Capiz
         
 

(a) Coconut with (b) dulao

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(a) Cocos nuciferaL. (b) Curcuma longaL.

(a) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English) (b) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English)

burns  (a) milk (gata) (b) rhizome Capiz