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) Sarsaparilla with (b) timbangan (c) susuong kalabaw

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(a) Smilax chinaL. (b) Aristolochia tagala Cham. (c ) Uvaria rufa Blume

(a) Sarsaparilyang-china (Filipino); China root (English) (b) Timbangan (Filipino) (c) Hilagak (Filipino); Susong-kalabaw (Tagalog)

late menstruation  roots for each Marinduque
         
 

(a) Sarsaparilla with (b) dila baka (c) galamay amo (d) kapok

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(a) Smilax chinaL. (b) Opuntia cochenillifera(L.) P. Mill. (c ) Schefflera insularum (Seem.) Harms (d) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn.

(a) Sarsaparilyang-china (Filipino); China root (English) (b) Dilang-baka (Filipino); Nopal de cochinilla (Spanish) (c) Galamai-amo (Filipino) (d) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English)

relapse after child delivery  roots for each Marinduque
         
 

(a) Sambong with (b) damong maria (c) romero (d) kalamansi

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Artemisia vulgarisL. (c ) Rosmarinus officinalisL. (d ) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (b) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (c) Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English) (d) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English)

hypertension  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) young fruit Marinduque
         
 

(a) Sambong with (b) damong maria (c) romero (d) kalamansi

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Artemisia vulgarisL. (c ) Rosmarinus officinalisL. (d ) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (b) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (c) Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English) (d) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English)

pulmonary disease  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) young fruit Marinduque
         
 

(a) Sambong with (b) damong maria (c) romero (d) kalamansi

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Artemisia vulgarisL. (c ) Rosmarinus officinalisL. (d ) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (b) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (c) Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English) (d) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English)

typhoid fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) young fruit Marinduque
         
 

(a) Sambong with (b) albutra (c) mansanilla (d) damong maria (e) ikmo (f) San Francisco (g) cacao (h) amarillo

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (c ) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (d) Artemisia vulgarisL. (e) Piper betleL. (f) Codiaeum variegatum(L.) Rumph. ex A. Juss. (g) Theobroma cacaoL. (h) Tagetes erectaL.

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (b) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (c) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (d) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (e) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (f) Garden croton (English); San Francisco (Spanish) (g) Kakaw (Filipino); Cacao (English) (h) Amarillo (Filipino); Marigold; Aztec marigold; French marigold (English)

irregular menstruation  roots for each Marinduque
         
 

(a) Saging mix with (b) buli (c) kalamansi (d) tubo (e) anonang (f) niyog

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(a) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.) (b) Corypha utan Lam. (c ) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle (d) Saccharum officinarumL. (e) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (f) Cocos nuciferaL.

(a) Saging (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English) (b) Buli (Filipino) (c) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English) (d) Tubo (Filipino); Sugarcane (English) (e) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (f) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

pasma sa gutom  (a) bark (b) branch (c) fruit (d) scrapings (e) stalk (f) stalk Marinduque
         
 

(a) Saging with (b) abukado (c) banaba (d) langka

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(a) Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.) (b) Persea americanaMill. (c ) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (d) Artocarpus heterophyllusLam.

(a) Saging (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English) (b) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (c ) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (d) Langka (Filipino); Jackfruit (English)

kidney trouble  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) sucker Marinduque
         
 

(a) Romero with (b) albutra (c) sarsaparilya

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(a) Rosmarinus officinalisL. (b) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (c ) Smilax chinaL.

(a) Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English) (b) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (c) Sarsaparilyang-china (Filipino); China root (English)

abortifacient  (a) roots (b) leaves Marinduque
         
 

(a) Romero maria with (b) sambong (c) damong maria (d) kalamansi

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(a) Rosmarinus officinalisL. (b) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (c ) Artemisia vulgarisL. (d) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle

(a) Romero (Filipino); Rosemary; Romero (English) (b) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (c) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (d) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English)

pulmonary disease  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) young fruit Marinduque