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) Ganda mix with (b) Likway (c) maragaya (Vis.)

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(a) Allium tuberosumRottler ex Spreng. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided

(a) Kutsay (Filipino); Chinese chives (English) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

headache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) grains Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Galasiman mix with (b) cacao

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(a) Portulaca oleraceaL. (b) Theobroma cacaoL.

(a) Gulasiman (Filipino); Purslane; Little hogweed; Akulikuli-kula; Duckweed; Pursley; Wild portulaca; Garden purslane (English) (b) Kakaw (Filipino); Cacao (English)

boil  (a) leaves (b) bark Leyte
         
 

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

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(a) Borreria sp. (b) Not provided (c) Psidium guajava

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

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

(a) Gabong mix with (b) pangyawan (bagou) (c) lagtan (d) bitaog

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(a) Not provided (b) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (c ) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (d) Calophyllum inophyllumL.

(a) Not provided (b) Makabuhay (Filipino) (c) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (d) Bitaog (Filipino); Mastwood; Alexandrian laurel (English)

abortifacient  leaves Leyte
         
 

(a) Gabon mix with (b) rosas de papel (c) mayana (itim) (d) mayana (kuyarap) (e) hilbas

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Not provided (c ) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (d) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (e) Artemisia vulgarisL.

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English); Gabon (Ceb) (b) Rosas de papel (c) Mayana (itim) (Filipino) (d) Mayana (Filipino) (kuyarap) (e) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English); Hilbas (Ceb)

fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Gabon mix with (b) mandalusang itim ( c) buta-buta or tigpod (d) mandalusang murado

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Not provided (c ) Excoecaria agallochaL. (d) Not provided

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (b) Mandalusang itim ( c) Buta-buta (Filipino); Milky mangrove (English) or tigpod (d) Mandalusang murado

rayuma  leaves Cebu
         
 

(a) Gabon mix with (b) Lubi (C.Bis) ( c) mangga (d) buongon (e) rosas de papel (f) tanglad (g) mais

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Cocos nuciferaL. (c ) Mangifera indicaL. (d) Citrus maxima(Burm. f.) Merr. (e) Not provided (f) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (g) Zea maysL.

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English); Gabon (Ceb) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English) ( c) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (d) Suha (Filipino); Grape-fruit pummelo; Shaddock; Pomelo (English); Buongon (e) Rosas de papel (f) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (g) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English)

stomachache  3 pcs leaves for the first 5 plants; whole plant 3 pcs and 3 tbsp. grounded grains Cebu
         
 

(a) Gabon mix with (b) Lubi (C.Bis) ( c) mangga (d) buongon (e) rosas de papel (f) tanglad (g) mais

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Cocos nuciferaL. (c ) Mangifera indicaL. (d) Citrus maxima(Burm. f.) Merr. (e) Not provided (f) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (g) Zea maysL.

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English); Gabon (Ceb) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English) ( c) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (d) Suha (Filipino); Grape-fruit pummelo; Shaddock; Pomelo (English); Buongon (e) Rosas de papel (f) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (g) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English)

pasma  4 pcs leaves for the first 5 plants; whole plant 3 pcs and 3 tbsp. grounded grains Cebu
         
 

(a) Gabon mix with (b) Lubi (C.Bis) ( c) mangga (d) buongon (e) rosas de papel (f) tanglad (g) mais

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Cocos nuciferaL. (c ) Mangifera indicaL. (d) Citrus maxima(Burm. f.) Merr. (e) Not provided (f) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (g) Zea maysL.

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English); Gabon (Ceb) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English) ( c) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (d) Suha (Filipino); Grape-fruit pummelo; Shaddock; Pomelo (English); Buongon (e) Rosas de papel (f) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (g) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English)

insanity  5 pcs leaves for the first 5 plants; whole plant 3 pcs and 3 tbsp. grounded grains Cebu
         
 

(a) Gabon mix with (b) abgaw (c) tugas

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Premna odorataBlanco (c ) Vitex parvifloraJuss.

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English); Gabon (Ceb) (b) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English); Abgau (P.Bis.) (c) Molave (Filipino); Smallflower chastetree (English); Tugas (P.Bis.;C.Bis.)

bath for a newly born child  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Lanao del Norte