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) Koto ng tapol (Bis.) with (b) pahauling hilaw (Bis.) and (c) pahauli sa moros (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Codiaeum sp.

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

Maladies caused by "witchcraft" like daot, paktol, barang  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Kopaya mix with (b) kalawag (c) talong (d) gapas a balanda (e) maraw (f) rambiyawa

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(a) Carica papayaL. (b) Curcuma longaL. (c ) Solanum melongenaL. (d) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. (e) Not provided (f) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English) (b) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English); Kalawag (Mbo.;Bis.) (c) Talong (Filipino); Eggplant (English) (d) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English); Gapas a balanda (e) Maraw (f) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Rambiyawa

for every recovery after childbirth  (a) roots (b) rhizome (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kopaya mix with (b) lubi

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(a) Carica papayaL. (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English); Lubi (C.Bis.)

appetizer  (a) leaf bud (b) milk Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kopaya mix with (b) loya pagirisen

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(a) Carica papayaL. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English); Loya pagirisen

headache  (a) roots (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Konsensi with (b) Bila-bila

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(a) Not provided (b) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Konsensi (b) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis)

fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves Siquijor
         
 

(a) Kolokogo mix with (b) lagundi (c) luya

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(a) Not provided (b) Vitex negundoL. (c ) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Kolokogo (b) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English) (c) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

rheumatism  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) rhizome Iloilo
         
 

(a) Kokogbanog mix with (b) bila-bila (c) busicad (d) palova (e) bulugon (f) lupi (g) bayabas (h) mangosteen (i) mango (j) manzanilla (k) hilbas (l) japana (all Vis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (c ) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Phragmites australis(Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (g) Psidium guajavaL. (h) Garcinia mangostanaL. (I) Mangifera indicaL. (j) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (k) Artemisia vulgarisL. (l) Not provided

(a) Kokogbanog (b) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis) (c) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (d) Palova (e) Bulugon (f) Tambo (Filipino); Common reed (English) (g) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (h) Mangostan (Filipino); Mangosteen (English) (I) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (j) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (k) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English); Hilbas (Ceb) (l) Japana

no appetite  (a) roots (1 pc.) (b) roots (1 pc.) (c) roots (1 pc.) (d) leaves (1 pc.) (e) petiole (5 in. long) (f) youngest leaf (1 pc.) (g) leaves (3 pcs.) (h) leaves (2 pcs.) (i) leaves (2 pcs.) (j) roots (1 pc.) (k) roots (1 pc.) (l) roots (1 pc.) Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Kogopkop with (b) malawmaw (c) libas (d) hinda-uwak (e) hagonoy (f) alimhon

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

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

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

(a) Kogon with (b) Banana

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.)

(a) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (b) Saging (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) leaves Negros Occidental
         
 

(a) Kogon mix with (b) talahib (c) mais (d) kawayan-kawayanan

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Saccharum spontaneumL. (c ) Zea maysL. (d) Not provided

(a) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (b) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English) (c) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (d) Kawayan-kawayanan

diuretic  (a) roots (b) roots (c) tassel (d) roots Batangas