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) Cogon mix with (b) bila-bila (c) bugang (d) busikad (e) dila-dila sa iro

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

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

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

(a) Cogon mix with (b) busikad (c) bila-bila

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

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

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

(a) Cogon mix w/ (b) Banaba

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (b) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) roots Camarines Sur
         
 

(a) Cogon with (b) banaba

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (b) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  (a) bark (b) roots Marinduque
         
 

(a) Elib w/ (b) Banaba

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (b) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) leaves Pampanga
         
 

(a) Tanduyan cogon mix with (b) Banaba (c) Kardawena

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (c ) Not provided

(a) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (b) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (c) Kardawena

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) young leaves (c) leaves Nueva Vizcaya
         
 

(a) Pan-aw plus (b) cocoyep

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Mimosa pudicaL.

(a) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (b) Makahiya (Filipino); Touch-me-not; Shameplant (English)

irregular menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots Bontoc
         
 

(a) Kogon with (b) Banana

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.)

(a) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (b) Saging (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English)

kidney trouble  (a) roots (b) leaves Negros Occidental
         
 

(a) Cogon mix with (b) likod-likod (c) batones (d) kawayan

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss

(a) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English)

allergy  roots for each Leyte
         
 

(a) Cogon (b) pandan humot (c) sibukaw (d) bukok ng mais (e) Banaba

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Pandanus tectoriusParkinson ex Zucc. (c ) Caesalpinia sappanL. (d) Zea maysL. (e) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (b) Pandan-mabango (Filipino); Thatch screwpine; Textile screwpine; Tahitian screwpine; Pandan (English) (c) Sapang (Filipino); Bakkum wood; Sappanwood (English) (d) Mais/Buhok (Filipino); Corn (English) (e) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

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