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) Malunggay mix with (b) bayabas

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(a) Moringa oleiferaLam. (b) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English) (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

hangover from drinking liquors  (a) leaves (b) leaves Surigao del Norte
         
 

(a) Malugo lime mix with (b) lubi

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(a) Not provided (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Malugo lime (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English); Lubi (C.Bis.)

beri-beri  oil fruit Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Malobago mix with (b) karanyan

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(a) Talipariti tiliaceum(L.) Fryxell (b) Campylospermum angustifolium

(a) Malabago (Filipino); Malubago (Tagalog; Bikol) (b) Barsik (Filipino)

paralysis  (a) leaves (b) leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Malibago w/ (b) Oregano (c) Albutra (d) Santol

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(a) Talipariti tiliaceum(L.) Fryxell (b) Plectranthus amboinicus(Lour.) Spreng. (c ) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (d) Sandoricum koetjape(Burm. f.) Merr.

(a) Malabago (Filipino); Malibago (Tag.;P.Bis.;Sul.) (b) Oregano (Filipino); Mexican mint (English) (c) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (d) Santol (Filipino)

cold  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves Camarines Sur
         
 

(a) Malawmaw with (b) alimhon (c) libas (d) hinda-uwak (e) hagonoy (f) kogopkop

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(a) Not provided (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Salix tetrasperma Roxb. (d) Not provided (e) Wedelia biflora(L) DC (f) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Libas (Filipino) (d) hinda-uwak (e) Hagonoi (Filipino); Agonoy (Bis.;Ilk.) (f) Kogopkop

cramps (palamiahod)  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) leaves Capiz
         
 

(a) Malawmaw (Bis.) with (b) Lagikaw (Bis.) and (c) Taypong pula (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Medinilla sp. (c) Ardisia sp.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

Pasmo sa kusog (overworked); Bughat (a little more than relapse)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Malagaya mix with (b) mayana

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(a) Oryza sativaL. (b) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

(a) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English) (b) Mayana (Filipino)

gas pain  (a) grains (b) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Malagaya mix with (b) bugayana (c) lunga

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(a) Oryza sativaL. (b) Not provided (c ) Sesamum indicumL.

(a) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (b) Bugayana (c) Linga (Filipino); Sesame (English); Lunga (Bis.;Sul.)

headache  seeds for each Cebu
         
 

(a) Malagaya mix with (b) anonang (c) pulang tikog (d) bayabas (e) ham-o (f) kalidades (g) busikad (h) alibungog (i) tabako (j) kamunggay

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(a) Oryza sativaL. (b) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (c ) Not provided (d) Psidium guajavaL. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (h) Ehretia philippinensis A.DC. (I) Nicotiana tabacumL. (j) Moringa oleiferaLam.

(a) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (b) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (c) Not provided (d) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (e) Not provided (f) Kalidades (g) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (h) Alibungog (Filipino) (i) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (j) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English)

suka't tae   (a) young leaves (b) young leaves ( c) young leaves (d) young leaves (e) flowers (f) flowers (g) flowers (h) grains (i) ash (j) bark Cebu
         
 

(a) Mala-mala (Bis.) with (b) gahi-gahi (Bis.) and (c) bayabas (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Amaranthus paniculatus Breynia sp. (c) Psidium guajava

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Gueva (Engl.)

Diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan