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) Sibukaw (Bis.) with (b) duguan (Bis.)

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(a) Caesalpinia sappan (b) Myristica sp.

(a) Sappan wood (Engl.); indian redwood (Engl.) (b) Not provided

Anemic  (a) stem (b) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Sereguelas (Bis.) with (b) nangka (Bis.) and (c) santol (Bis.)

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(a) Spondias purpurea (b) Artocarpus heterophyllus (c) Sandoricum koetjape

(a) Spanish plum (Engl.); sineguelas (Tag.); scarlet plum (Engl.) (b) Nangka (Bis.); langka (Tag.); jack tree (Engl.) (c) Cotton fruit (Engl.); lolly fruit (Engl.); santol (Tag.)

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time)  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Sepero mix with (b) duguan

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(a) Not provided (b) Myristica simiarum A. DC.

(a) Not provided (b) Tanghas (Filipino)

relapse  (a) stem (b) stem Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Sentimiento with (b) kadlum (c) kandi-kandilaan (d) kamantulan

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(a) Not provided (b) Pogostemon heyneanus Benth. (c ) Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl (d) Not provided

(a) Sentimiento (b) Kadlum (Filipino); Indian patchouli (English) (c) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English) (d) Kamantulan

irregular menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Sentimiento with (b) bayabas (c) kambing-kambing

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(a) Not provided (b) Psidium guajavaL. (c ) Not provided

(a) Sentimiento (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (c) Kambing-kambing

el tor  (a) tops (b) tops (c) tops 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) Senor Meo mix with (b) tugas (c) kila (d) gapas (e) duldol

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(a) Not provided (b) Vitex parvifloraJuss. (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Not provided (b) Molave (Filipino); Smallflower chastetree (English) ( c) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English)

bath after childbirth  leaves for each Cebu
         
 

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

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

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (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) Sawong mix with (b) paha-uli

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

leukemia  (a) roots (b) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

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

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Caesalpinia sappanL.

(a) Not provided (b) Pahauli (c) Sapang (Filipino); Bakkum wood; Sappanwood (English)

beri-beri  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Lanao del Norte