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) Apato (Ilk.) mix with (b) rice straw ( c) basi (rice wine)

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

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Rice (English); Basi

asthma  dried roots and leaves Kalinga
         
 

(a) Anunuo (b) banagan (c) banaba (d) buhok ng mais (e) cogon

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(a) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss (b) Smilax bracteata C.Presl (c ) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (d) Zea maysL. (e) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English) (b) Banag (Filipino) (c) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (d) Mais/Buhok (Filipino); Corn (English) (e) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

diuretic  (a) roots (b) roots (c) bark and leaves (d) corn silk (e) roots Aklan
         
 

(a) Anukol (b) adgaw (c) banaba (d) buyo (e) badyawan (f) bangkal (g) sabilaw (h) tanglad

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(a) Not provided (b) Premna odorataBlanco (c ) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (d) Piper betleL. (e) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (f) Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. (g) Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet (h) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf

(a) Not provided (b) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English) (c) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (d) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (e) Makabuhay (Filipino) (f) Bangkal (Filipino) (g) Sabilaw (Filipino) (h) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)

paralysis  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) stem (h) stem Aklan
         
 

(a) Antoangga mix with (b) atis (c) caimito (d) abukado (e) anonang (f) pine tree

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(a) Not provided (b) Annona squamosaL. (c ) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (d) Persea americanaMill. (e) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (f) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English) (c) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (d) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (e) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (f) Not provided

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

(a) Antoanga mix with (b) gabon (c) baho-baho (d) manzanilla (e) suetes (f) sibukas (g) unod sa banag

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(a) Not provided (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Lantana camaraL. (d) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (e) Bixa orellanaL. (f) Not provided (g) Not provided

(a) Antoanga (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English); Gabon (Ceb) (c) Lantana (Filipino); Largeleaf lantana (English); Baho-baho (Ceb) (d) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (e) Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English) (f) Sibukas (g) Unod sa banag

no menstruation for one year  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) corm Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Antoanga mix with (b) asiotes (c) cacao

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(a) Not provided (b) Bixa orellanaL. (c ) Theobroma cacaoL.

(a) Not provided (b) Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English) (c) Kakaw (Filipino); Cacao (English)

irregular menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Antamisa (Ilongo) mix with (b) hierba sta. Maria

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(a) Not provided (b) Artemisia vulgarisL.

(a) Not provided (b) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)

skin diseases  (a) leaves (b) leaves Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Anonang with (b) labnog ( c) pag-ulingon (d) panhinoy (e) duguan

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Ficus septica Burm.f. (c ) Centella asiatica(L.) Urb. (d) Not provided (e) Myristica simiarum A. DC.

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) with (b) Hauili (Filipino); Labnog (P.Bis.) ( c) Takip-kohol (Filipino); Indian hydrocotyle; Spadeleaf (English); Pag-ulingon (d) Panhinoy (e) Tanghas (Filipino); Duguan (C.Bis.)

nabinat sa panganganak  roots for each Cebu
         
 

(a) Anonang mix with (b) salibadbad (c) cacao-cacao (d) dita (e) tagitang (f) banawak (g) banagan (Vis.)

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Crinum asiaticumL. (c ) Not provided (d) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Smilax bracteata C.Presl

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Bakong (Filipino); Poisonbulb (English); Salibadbad (IL.Bis.) (c) Cacao-cacao (d) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English) (e) Tagitang (f) Banawak (g) Banag (Filipino); Banagan (Bis.)

relapse after childbirth  (a) bark (b) bark (c) roots (d) bark (e) bark (f) vine (g) ubod Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Anonang mix with (b) saging (c) buri

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(a) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (b) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.) (c ) Metroxylon saguRottb.

(a) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (b) Saging (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English) (c) Buri (Filipino); Sago palm (English)

abortifacient  (a) roots (b) roots (c) stem Zamboanga