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
         
 

Ajos

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Allium sativumL.

Bawang (Filipino); Garlic; Cultivated garlic (English)

toothache  clove Cebu
         
 

Bunga

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Areca catechuL.

Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English)

toothache  fruit Cebu
         
 

Buyo or buyo-buyo

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Piper betleL.

Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English)

toothache  roots Cebu
         
 

(a) Cogon mix with (b) buli ( c) doldol

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(a) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (b) Corypha utan Lam. (c ) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

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

toothache  (a) shoot (b) thorns (c) thorns Cebu
         
 

(a) Duldol mix with (b) buli (c) cogon

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(a) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. (b) Corypha utan Lam. (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch.

(a) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English) (b) Buli (Filipino) (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English)

toothache  (a) shoot (b) thorns (c )thorns Cebu
         
 

Luya

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Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

toothache  rhizome Cebu
         
 

Panakdakan

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to ease child delivery  bark Cebu
         
 

Tuba

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Croton tigliumL.

Tuba (Filipino); Croton; Purging croton (English)

to ease child delivery  bark Cebu
         
 

(a) Atis mix with (b) bayabas (c ) granada

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(a) Annona squamosaL. (b) Psidium guajavaL. (c ) Punica granatumL.

(a) Atis (Filipino); Sweet sop; Sugar apple (English) (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (c ) Granada (Filipino); Pomegranate (English)

suka't tae   roots Cebu
         
 

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

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

(a) Not provided (b) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) ( c) Not provided (d) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (e) Alibungog (Filipino) (f) Kalidades (g) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (h) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (I) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (j) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English)

suka't tae   (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