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) Tangan-tangang pula (Bis.) with (b) eskobang mayawis (Bis.) and (c) halom pula (Bis.)

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(a) Ricinus communis (b) Sida acuta (c) Amaranthus paniculatus

(a) Tangan-tangan (Tag.); tawa-tawa (Tag.); castor (Engl.) (b) Common wireweed (Engl.); escobang-haba (Tag.) (c) Halon (Tag.); red amaranth (Engl.)

Fever; stomachache  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Tangan-tangan mix with (b) luyang pula

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(a) Ricinus communisL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Tangan-tangan (Filipino); Castor oil plant; Castor bean (English) (b) Luya/Pula (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

paralyzed hands (can't open palm and fingers)  (a) stem (b) rhizome Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Tangang-tangan mix with (b) abaka

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(a) Ricinus communisL. (b) Musa textilisNe

(a) Tangan-tangan (Filipino); Castor oil plant; Castor bean (English) (b) Abaka (Filipino); Manila hemp; Abaca (English)

bleeding wounds  (a) bark (b) leafsheat Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Bugang (Waray) mix with (b) tigba

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(a) Phragmites australis(Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (b) Saccharum spontaneumL.

(a) Tambo (Filipino); Common reed (English) (b) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English); Tigbaw (S.L.Bis.; P.Bis)

late menstruation  leaves for both Leyte
         
 

(a) Lupi mix with (b) kokogbanog (c) busicad (d) palova (e) bulugon (f) bila-bila (g) bayabas (h) mangosteen (i) mango (j) manzanilla (k) hilbas (l) japana (all Vis.)

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(a) Phragmites australis(Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (g) Psidium guajavaL. (h) Garcinia mangostanaL. (I) Mangifera indicaL. (j) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (k) Not provided (l) Not provided

(a) Tambo (Filipino); Common reed (English) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (g) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (h) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English) (i) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (j) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (k) Not provided (l) Not provided

no appetite  (a) roots (1 pc.) (b) roots (1 pc.) (c) roots (1 pc.) (d) leaves (1 pc.) (e) petiole (5 in. long) (f) youngest leaf (1 pc.) (g) leaves (3 pcs.) (h) leaves (2 pcs.) (i) leaves (2 pcs.) (j) roots (1 pc.) (k) roots (1 pc.) (l) roots (1 pc.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Bugang mix with (b) cogon (c) busikad (d) bila-bila

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(a) Phragmites australis(Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (c ) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (d) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Tambo (Filipino); Common reed (English) (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) ( c) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (d) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis)

batang bagong tinutubuan ng ngipin.  (a) shoot (b) shoot ( c) flower (d) shoot Cebu
         
 

(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) Tali-unod w/ (b) Alibagta;

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(a) Proiphys amboinensis(L.) Herb. (b) Basella albaL.

(a) Tambal (Filipino) (b) Alugbati (Filipino); Malabar nighshade; Ceylon spinach (English)

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) leaves Camarines Sur
         
 

(a) Talong mix with (b) hilba-buena (c) sibuyas costa (d) dulao

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(a) Solanum melongenaL. (b) Artemisia vulgarisL. (c ) Allium cepaL. (d) Curcuma longaL.

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

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

(a) Eag-eag (b) hinalib-on (c) sibuyas costa (d) lampunaya (e) kadlum (f) kusol

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(a) Saccharum spontaneumL. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Allium cepaL. (d) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (e) Pogostemon heyneanus Benth. (f) Kaempferia galanga L.

(a) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English) (d) Mayana (Filipino) (e) Kadlum (Filipino); Indian patchouli (English) (f) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English)

rheumatism  (a) shoots or ubod (b) 7 leaves (c) bulb (d) 7 leaves (e) 7 leaves (f) 7 leaves Aklan