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) Dawa mix with (b) cogon

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(a) Setaria italica(L.) P. Beauv. (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Dawa (Filipino); Common millet; Italian bristle grass; Italian foxtail; Foxtail bristlegrass; Foxtail millet (English) (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

stomachache  seeds Cebu
         
 

(a) dawa (Ceb.) with (b) mongos (Ceb.) (c) yahong-yahong (Ceb.) (d) busikad (Ceb.)

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(a) Setaria italica(L.) P. Beauv. (b) Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek (c ) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb. (d) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel

(a) Dawa (Filipino); Common millet; Italian bristle grass; Italian foxtail; Foxtail bristlegrass; Foxtail millet (English) (b) Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English); Balatong (Tagalog; Ifugao; Ibanag; Iloko) (c) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English) (d) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English)

measles   (a) seeds (b) seeds (c) roots (d) flower Camiguin
         
 

(a) Mayanang puti (Bis.) with (b) Mayanang kuyanap (Bis.), and (c) Mayanang pula (Bis.)

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(a) Coleus blancoi (b) Coleus blumei (c) Coleus scutellarioides (L.) benth

(a) Daponaya (Bis.); mayana (Bis.) (b) Dafronaya (Span.); mayana (Bis.) (c) Malaina (Tag.); mayana (Bis.)

Burns; itcheness; eczema; boils  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Baroraw mix with (b) pako

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(a) Erythrina variegataL. (b) Diplazium esculentum(Retz.) Sw.

(a) Dapdap (Filipino); Indian coral tree; Tiger's claw (English) (b) Pako (Filipino); Edible fern; Vegetable fern (English)

insomnia  (a) young fruit (b) young leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Baroraw mix with (b) loya pagirisen

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(a) Erythrina variegataL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Dapdap (Filipino); Indian coral tree; Tiger's claw (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English); Loya pagirisen

tumor  (a) leaves (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Damong maria with (b) ikmo (c) sambong (d) dilaw

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(a) Artemisia vulgarisL. (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (d) Curcuma longaL.

(a) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)) (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (d) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English)

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) rhizome Marinduque
         
 

(a) Damong maria with (b) sambong (c ) romero (d) kalamansi

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(a) Artemisia vulgarisL. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Rosmarinus officinalisL. (d ) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle

(a) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English) (d) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English)

hypertension  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) young fruit Marinduque
         
 

(a) Damong maria with (b) sambong (c) romero (d) kalamansi

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(a) Artemisia vulgarisL. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Rosmarinus officinalisL. (d ) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle

(a) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English) (d) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English)

pulmonary disease  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) young fruit Marinduque
         
 

(a) Damong maria with (b) sambong (c) romero (d) kalamansi

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(a) Artemisia vulgarisL. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Rosmarinus officinalisL. (d ) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle

(a) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English) (d) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English)

typhoid fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) young fruit Marinduque
         
 

(a) Damong maria mix with (b) suob-kabayo (c) sambong (d) lagundi

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(a) Artemisia vulgarisL. (b) Hyptis suaveolens(L.) Poit. (c ) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (d) Vitex negundoL.

(a) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (b) Suob-kabayo (Filipino); Bush-tea-bush; Pignut (English) (c) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (d) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English)

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves Batangas