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) Buton o lubi mix with (b) buonganon (c ) mangga (d) Gabon (Ceb) (e) rosas de papel (f) tanglad (g) mais

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Mangifera indicaL. (d) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (e) Not provided (f) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (g) Zea maysL.

(a) Buton o lubi (b) Buonganon (c ) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (d) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (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) Busikad mix with (b) yahong-yahong (c) dila-dila sa iro (d) escobang magawis (e) escobang pungko (f) bila-bila (g) papayang lalaki

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(a) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (b) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb. (c) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (f) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (g) Carica papayaL.

(a) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (b) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English) (c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (d) Escobang magawis (e) Escobang pungko (f) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English); Bila-bila (P.Bis) (g) Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English)

senda  (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves (f) leaves (g) flowers Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Busikad mix with (b) mongo (c) cogon

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(a) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (b) Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (b) Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English) (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

teething  (a) leaves (b) seeds (c) shoot Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Busikad mix with (b) cogon (c) bugang (d) bila-bila (e) dila-dila sa iro

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(a) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (c ) Saccharum spontaneumL. (d) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (e) Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C. Chr.

(a) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (c) Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English); Bugang (C.Bis.) (d) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (e) Dila-dila (Filipino)

relapse  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem (e) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Busikad mix with (b) buli (c) almaciga or salong

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(a) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (b) Corypha utan Lam. (c ) Agathis dammara(Lamb.) Rich.

(a) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (b) Buli (Filipino) (c) Salong (Filipino); Almaciga (Spanish); Dammar pine (English)

pasma  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) latex Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Busikad mix with (b) bila-bila

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(a) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (b) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (b) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English)

fever  (a) flowers (b) stem Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Busikad mix with (b) bila-bila (c) cogon

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(a) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (b) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (b) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

fever  (a) flowers (b) roots (c) trichomes Lanao del Norte
         
 

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

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

(a) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (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) Alibungog (Filipino) (h) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (I) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (j) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English)

vomiting and diarrhea  (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) busikad (Ceb.) with (b) mongos (Ceb.) (c) yahong-yahong (Ceb.) (d) dawa (Ceb.)

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(a) Cyperus rotundusL. (b) Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek (c ) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb. (d) Setaria italica(L.) P. Beauv.

(a) Mutha (Filipino); Cocograss; Purple nutsedge; Nutgrass (English) (b) Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English); Balatong (Tagalog; Ifugao; Ibanag; Iloko) (c) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English) (d) Dawa (Filipino); Common millet; Italian bristle grass; Italian foxtail; Foxtail bristlegrass; Foxtail millet (English)

measles   (a) flower (b) seeds (c) roots (d) seeds Camiguin
         
 

(a) Busicad mix with (b) kokogbanog (c) bila-bila (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) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (b) Not provided (c ) Eleusine indica(L.) Gaertn. (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) Not provided (l) Not provided

(a) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English) (b) Not provided (c) Paragis (Filipino); Wire grass; Crowsfoot grass; Silver crabgrass; Indian goosegrass; Goosegrass (English) (d) Not provided (e) Not provided (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) Not provided (l) Not provided

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