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
         
 

Kiling-iba

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Averrhoa bilimbiL.

Kamias (Filipino); Bilimbi (English)

cough and colds  flowers Mindoro
         
 

Kurot (Hanunuo Mangyan), Name (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Dioscorea hispida Dennst.

Intoxicating yam (English), Asiatic bitter yam (English), Nami (Filipino)

Boil  Tuber Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Kurukalungai or San Pedro

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Phyllanthus niruriL.

Sampa-sampalukan (Filipino); Gale of the wind (English)

rheumatism  whole plant Mindoro
         
 

Kurukalungai or San Pedro

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Phyllanthus niruriL.

Sampa-sampalukan (Filipino); Gale of the wind (English)

amoebiasis  whole plant Mindoro
         
 

Lada

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Capsicum annuum var. annuumL.

Siling labuyo (Filipino); Hot pepper; Cayenne pepper (English)

dysentery  roots Mindoro
         
 

Lada

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Capsicum annuum var. annuumL.

Siling labuyo (Filipino); Hot pepper; Cayenne pepper (English)

beri-beri  ripe fruit Mindoro
         
 

Lagaylay

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Not provided

Lagaylay

hernia  leaves Mindoro
         
 

Lagis (Hanunuo Mangyan), Is-is (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Ficus ulmifolia Lam.

Common name not provided

Colds  Bark or roots Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Lagundi (Tau-buid Mangyan)

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Vitex trifolia L.

Simple leaf chastetree (English), Lagunding dagat (Filipino)

Cough, fever or asthma  Leaves Oriental Mindoro (Tribe Tau-Buid)
         
 

Lakad-bulan

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Blumea balsamifera(L) DC

Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English)

cough with running nose  young leaves Mindoro