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) Kabubungyan with (b) buli

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(a) Not provided (b) Metroxylon saguRottb.

(a) Not provided (b) Buri (Filipino); Sago palm (English)

asthma  (a) roots (b) roots Capiz
         
 

(a) Sawong mix with (b) buli (c) josjos (d) paha-uli (e) Sibukaw (Tag.;Sul.;Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Corypha utan Lam. (c ) Not provided (d) Corypha utan Lam. (e) Caesalpinia sappanL.

(a) Not provided (b) Buli (Filipino) (c) Not provided (d) Buli (Filipino) (e) Sapang (Filipino); Bakkum wood; Sappanwood (English)

tuberculosis  (a) stem (b) stem (c) roots (d) roots (e) stem Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Kabusaw (Ilk.) mix with (b) guava

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(a) Not provided (b) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Not provided (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

leprosy  leaves Ilocos Norte
         
 

(a) Salimunog (b) bawang (c) tabako

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(a) Not provided (b) Allium sativumL. (c ) Nicotiana tabacumL.

(a) Not provided (b) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) (c) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English)

anthelmintic  (a) fruit (b) cloves (c) leaves (ash) Aklan
         
 

(a) Siko-pana with (b) ajos (c) salimumuog

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(a) Not provided (b) Allium sativumL. (c ) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English) (c) Not provided

anthelmintic  clove Capiz
         
 

(a) Cuyo-kogo in combination with (b) bangkuro (c) alibotbot (d) Lagunoy (e) Abangay (f) Sentimiento (g) kaningag (h) amuyong

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(a) Not provided (b) Morinda citrifoliaL. (c ) Tabernaemontana pandacaquiPoir. (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (g) Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm. (h) Goniothalamus amuyon (Blanco) Merr.

(a) Not provided (b) Bankoro (Filipino); Indian mulberry (English) (c) Pandakaki (Filipino) (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English) (h) Amuyong (Filipino)

stomachache  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) roots (h) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Lagunoy in combination with (b) bangkuro (c) alibotbot (d) abangay (e) Cuyo-kogo (f) Sentimiento (g) kaningag (h) amuyong

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(a) Not provided (b) Morinda citrifoliaL. (c ) Tabernaemontana pandacaquiPoir. (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm. (h) Goniothalamus amuyon (Blanco) Merr.

(a) Not provided (b) Bankoro (Filipino); Indian mulberry (English) (c) Pandakaki (Filipino) (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English) (h) Amuyong (Filipino)

stomachache  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) roots (h) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Sentimiento in combination with (b) bangkuro (c) alibotbot (d) lagunoy (e) Cuyo-kogo (f) abangay (g) kaningag (h) amuyong

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(a) Not provided (b) Morinda citrifoliaL. (c ) Tabernaemontana pandacaquiPoir. (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm. (h) Goniothalamus amuyon (Blanco) Merr.

(a) Not provided (b) Bankoro (Filipino); Indian mulberry (English) (c) Pandakaki (Filipino) (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English) (h) Amuyong (Filipino)

stomachache  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) roots (h) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Miagos with (b) banaba

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(a) Not provided (b) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Not provided (b) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) bark Capiz
         
 

(a) Pulto-pulto (Ilk.) with (b) atis and ( c) malvas

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(a) Not provided (b) Annona squamosaL. (c ) Abutilon indicum(L.) Sweet

(a) Not provided (b) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English) (c) Malbas (Filipino); Monkeybush (English); Malvas (Spanish)

kidney trouble  roots Ilocos Norte