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) Kawayan with (b) cogon (c) kawad kawad (d) mais (e) banaba

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(a) Bambusa bambos(L.) Voss (b) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (c ) Cynodon dactylon(L.) Pers. (d) Zea maysL. (e) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Kawayan (Filipino); Bamboo; Thorny bamboo (English) (b) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (c) Kawad-kawaran (Filipino); Bermuda grass; Devilgrass; Common bermudagrass (English); Kawad-kawad (d) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (e) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  (a) leaves (b) roots (c) roots (d) hair (e) roots Marinduque
         
 

(a) Kape with (b) duhat (c) kaimito (d) abukado (e) langka (f) mangga (g) granada

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(a) CoffeaL. (b) Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels (c ) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (d) Persea americanaMill. (e) Artocarpus heterophyllusLam. (f) Mangifera indicaL. (g) Punica granatumL.

(a) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (b) Duhat (Filipino); Black plum; Java plum (English) ( c) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (d) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (e) Langka (Filipino); Jackfruit (English) (f) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (g) Granada (Filipino); Pomegranate (English)

diarrhea  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) bark (f) bark (g) pericarp Marinduque
         
 

(a) Kape mix with (b) caimito (c) mangga (d) abukado

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(a) CoffeaL. (b) Chrysophyllum cainitoL. (c ) Mangifera indicaL. (d) Persea americanaMill.

(a) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (b) Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English) (c) Mangga (Filipino); Mango (English) (d) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English)

diarrhea  leaves for each plant Marinduque
         
 

(a) Kape with (b) avocado (c) granada

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(a) CoffeaL. (b) Persea americanaMill. (c ) Punica granatumL.

(a) Kape (Filipino); Coffee (English) (b) Abukado (Filipino); Avocado (English) (c) Granada (Filipino); Pomegranate (English)

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) pericarp Marinduque
         
 

(a) Kapapa with (b) seremonyas

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided

(a) Kapapa (b) Seremonyas

chicken pox  roots 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
         
 

(a) Bayag kambing or (b) dalugdog

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(a) Caesalpinia cristaL. (b) Caesalpinia cristaL.

(a) Kalumbibit (Filipino); Bayag-kambing (Tagalog); Fever nut; Gray nicker (English) (b) Kalumbibit (Filipino); Fever nut; Gray nicker (English); Dalugdog (Tag.;Bis.)

flu  seed Marinduque
         
 

(a) Madre kakaw with (b) makabuhay (c) hagonoy (d) albutra (e) malagango

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(a) Gliricidia sepium(Jacq.) Kunth (b) Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson (c ) Chromolaena odorata(L.) R.M. King & H. Rob. (d) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (e) Not provided

(a) Kakawate (Filipino); Quickstick (English); Madre cacao (Spanich) (b) Makabuhay (Filipino) (c) Hagonoy (Filipino); Jack in the bus; Siamweed (English) (d) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (e) Malagango

skin diseases  (a) vine (b) vine (c) bark (d) branches (e) bark leaves Marinduque
         
 

(a) Cacao with (b) seremonias (c) lukban (d) sintones (e) kahel

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(a) Theobroma cacaoL. (b) Not provided (c ) Citrus maxima(Burm. f.) Merr. (d) Citrus X nobilisLour. (e) Citrus X aurantiumL. (pro. sp.)

(a) Kakaw (Filipino); Cacao (English) (b) Seremonias (c) Lukban (Filipino); Grape-fruit pummelo; Shaddock; Pomelo (English) (d) Dalanghita (Filipino); Tangerine orange; Tangor (English); Sintonis (Tag.) (e) Dalandan (Filipino); Orange fruit; Sour orange (English); Kahel (Tag.)

relapse after child delivery  roots for all Marinduque