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) Bunga (b) buyo (c) sibuyas cost (d) luy-a (e) dulao (f) helbabuena

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(a) Areca catechuL. (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Allium cepaL. (d) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (e) Curcuma longaL. (f) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.)

(a) Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English) (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English) (d) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (e) Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English) (f) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English)

cramps  (a) nuts (b) leaves (c) bulb (d) rhizome (e) rhizome (f) leaves Aklan
         
 

(a) Bumbong mix with (b) kasapi-sapi

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

(a) Bumbong (b) kasapi-sapi

wounds  (a) leaves (b) leaves Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Bulog-tae mix with (b) langka (c) abukado

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(a) Not provided (b) Artocarpus heterophyllusLam. (c ) Persea americanaMill.

(a) Not provided (b) Langka (Filipino); Jackfruit (English) (c) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English)

gastro-enteritis  (a) (b) (c) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Bulog-tae mix with (b) langka

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(a) Not provided (b) Artocarpus heterophyllusLam.

(a) Not provided (b) Langka (Filipino); Jackfruit (English)

convulsion  (a) leaves (b) leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Buli with (b) coconut

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(a) Corypha utan Lam. (b) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Buli (Filipino) (b) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

paralysis  (a) branch (b) roots Marinduque
         
 

(a) Buli mix with (b) sugol or saba (c) taui-taui (d) bungon (e) sangon

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(a) Corypha utan Lam. (b) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.) (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Hevea brasiliensis(Willd. ex A. Juss.) Mll. Arg.

(a) Buli (Filipino) (b) Saging (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English) (c) Tuai (d) Citrus (e) Rubber; Rubber tree (English)

fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) roots (d) leaves (e) roots Bohol
         
 

(a) buli mix with (b) pili

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(a) Metroxylon saguRottb. (b) Canarium ovatumEngl.

(a) Buri (Filipino); Sago palm (English) (b) Pili (Filipino); Chinese olive; Pili nut (English); Sahing (Tag.)

lockjaw  (a) leaves (b) latex Davao
         
 

(a) Buli mix with (b) pahauli (c) josjos (d) sawong (e) sibukaw

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

(a) Buli (Filipino) (b) Pahauli (c) Josjos (d) Sawong (e) Sapang (Filipino); Bakkum wood; Sappanwood (English); Sibukaw (Tag.;Sul.;Bis.)

tuberculosis  (a) roots (b) stem (c) roots (d) stem (e) stem Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Buli mix with (b) duldol

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(a) Corypha utan Lam. (b) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Buli (Filipino) (b) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English); Doldol (Bis.)

pampalabas o pampatubo ng ngipin.  thorn Cebu
         
 

(a) Buli mix with (b) busikad (c) almaciga or salong

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

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

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