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) Subosub mix with (b) Dangla

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Vitex negundoL.

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (b) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English)

stone in the gall bladder  (a) leaves (b) leaves Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Subosub mix with (b) Dangla

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Vitex negundoL.

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (b) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English)

stone in the gall bladder  (a) leaves (b) leaves Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Sambong mix with (b) lagundi (c) loko-loko

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Vitex negundoL. (c ) Ocimum tenuiflorumL.

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (b) Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English) (c) Sulasi (Filipino); Holy basil (English)

fever  leaves Bataan
         
 

(a) Lakad-bulan mix with; (b) Luy-a (c) Artamisa

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Artemisia vulgarisL.

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English)

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

(a) Alibhon mix with (b) luya (c) bunlaw (d) kalawag (e) tanglad (f) kabugaw (g) salin-uwak (h) pipita malungga

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Justicia gendarussa Burm. f. (d) Curcuma longaL. (e ) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (f) Citrus hystrixDC. (g) Clerodendron Quadriloculare (Blanco) Merr. (h) Not provided

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Kapanitulot (Filipino); Gandarusa (English) (d) Dilau (Filipino); ; Common (English) (e) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (f) Kabuyau (Filipino) (g) Bagauak (Filipino) (h) Not provided

relapse  (a) leaves (b) rhizome (c) leaves (d) rhizome (e) leaves (f) leaves (g) roots (h) roots Iloilo
         
 

(a) Salngan (Bis.) with (b) mantaawi (Bis.) and (c) kawilan (Bis.)

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(a) Blumeodendron philippinensi (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

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

Bughat (a little more than relapse); flatulence  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(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) Mustasa with (b) bawang

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(a) Brassica juncea(L.) Czern. (b) Allium sativumL.

(a) Mustasa (Filipino); Mustard; India mustard; Chinese mustard (English) (b) Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English)

beri-beri  bulb or seeds Marinduque
         
 

(a) Dalugdog with (b) lubigan

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(a) Caesalpinia cristaL. (b) Acorus calamusL.

(a) Kalumbibit (Filipino); Fever nut; Gray nicker (English); Dalugdog (Tag.;Bis.) with (b) Lubigan (Filipino); Sweetflag; Calamus (English)

fever  fruit leaves Marinduque
         
 

(a) Dalugdog with (b) tabako

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(a) Caesalpinia cristaL. (b) Acorus calamusL.

(a) Kalumbibit (Filipino); Fever nut; Gray nicker (English); Dalugdog (Tag.;Bis.) with (b) Lubigan (Filipino); Sweetflag; Calamus (English)

colic  (a) leaves (b) fruit Marinduque