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) Angkiko (Ilk.) mix with (b) Kutkutsarita

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

polio of children  fresh leaves of both plants Kalinga
         
 

(a) Pangtitan (Kal.) mix with (b) tobacco leaves

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(a) Not provided (b) Nicotiana tabacumL.

(a) Not provided (b) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English)

wound healing blood clotting  leaves of both plants Kalinga
         
 

(a) Piarina mix with (b) atsibar (Ilk.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Iris domestica(L.) Goldblatt & Mabb.

(a) Not provided (b) Abaniko (Filipino); Black berry lily (English); Atsibar

mild tuberculosis  (a) trunk (b) leaf Kalinga
         
 

(a) Tabako (Ilk.) mix with salt and (b) bayabas

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(a) Nicotiana tabacumL. (b) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (b) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

skin diseases leprosy  leaves Kalinga
         
 

(a) Herba-buena with (b) lasona

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(a) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (b) Allium cepaL.

(a) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (b) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English)

cold  both leaves Kalinga
         
 

(a) Disol (Ilk.) mix with (b) oregano ( c) Lasona (Ilk.)

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(a) Kaempferia galanga L. (b) Plectranthus amboinicus(Lour.) Spreng. (c ) Allium ascalonicumL.

(a) Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English) (b) Oregano (Filipino); Mexican mint (English) (c) Sibuyas tagalog (Filipino); Shallots; Wild onion (English)

tuberculosis  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) bulb Kalinga
         
 

(a) Tagumbaw (Ilk.) mix with (b) tangan-tangan

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(a) Jatropha curcasL. (b) Ricinus communisL.

(a) Tubang Bakod (Filipino); Big purge nut; Physic nut; Barbados nut (English) (b) Tangan-tangan (Filipino); Castor oil plant; Castor bean (English)

hemorrhoid  leaves Kalinga
         
 

(a) Bangbangsit (Ilk.) mix with (b) lomboy

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(a) Hyptis suaveolens(L.) Poit. (b) Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels

(a) Suob-kabayo (Filipino); Bush-tea-bush; Pignut (English) (b) Duhat (Filipino); Black plum; Java plum (English)

ulcer  (a) roots (b) bark Kalinga
         
 

(a) Tantanduk (Ilk.) with (b) casuy (c) guava

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(a) Gynandropsis gynandra(L.) Briq. (b) Anacardium occidentaleL. (c ) Psidium guajavaL.

(a) Apoy-apoyan (Pangasinan; Tagalog); Spiderwisp (English) (b) Kasoy (Filipino); Cashew (English) (c) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English)

rheumatism  (a) roots (b) leaves (c) roots Kalinga