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
         
 

Binuang

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Endospermum peltatum Merr.

Gubas (Filipino); Binuang (Tagalog)

malaria  bark Quezon
         
 

Bintang (Bis.)

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Catharanthus roseus(L.) G. Don

Tsitsirika (Filipino); Madagascar periwinkle (English)

irregular menstruation  roots and leaves Agusan del Norte
         
 

Bingliw (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

 Any types of illnesses or ailment  Stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Binggala (Manobo)

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Manihot esculentaCrantz

Kamoteng kahoy (Filipino); Cassava; Manioc; Bitter cassava; Tapioca (English)

burns (1st degree)  root crop Agusan del Norte
         
 

Bingao

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Manihot esculentaCrantz

Kamoteng kahoy (Filipino); Cassava; Manioc; Bitter cassava; Tapioca (English)

cold  rootcrop Tawi-tawi
         
 

Binaklay ni Apo Jesus ( Ilk.)

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Not provided

Not provided

boil  leaves Cagayan
         
 

Bilya (Talaingod manobo)

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Strongylodon sp.

Not provided

Paundang sa dugo (Bisaya), to stop bleeding (English)   Bark Davao - Talaingod Manobo
         
 

Bilobitoon

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Not provided

Not provided

boil  seed Negros Occidental
         
 

Bilo-bilo

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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl

Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English)

boil  flowers Sulu
         
 

Bilo-bilo

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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl

Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English)

fever   leaves & flowers Sulu
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