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) Corn with (b) banaba (c) cogon (d) coconut (e) pandan

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(a) Zea maysL. (b) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (d) Cocos nuciferaL. (e) Pandanus tectoriusParkinson ex Zucc.

(a) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (b) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (d) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English) (e) Pandan (Filipino); Thatch screwpine; Textile screwpine; Tahitian screwpine; Pandan (English)

kidney trouble  (a) hairs (b) dried flowers (c) roots Romblon
         
 

Pandan

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Pandanus tectoriusParkinson ex Zucc.

Pandan (Filipino); Thatch screwpine; Textile screwpine; Tahitian screwpine; Pandan (English)

kidney trouble  roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Pandan with (b) corn (c) cogon (d) coconut (e) banaba

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(a) Pandanus tectoriusParkinson ex Zucc. (b) Zea maysL. (c ) Imperata cylindrica(L.) Raeusch. (d) Cocos nuciferaL. (e) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

(a) Pandan (Filipino); Thatch screwpine; Textile screwpine; Tahitian screwpine; Pandan (English) (b) Mais (Filipino); Corn (English) (c) Kogon (Filipino); Cogon grass (English) (d) Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English) (e) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  (a) shoot (b) hairs (c) shoot (d) water (e) leaves Romblon
         
 

Coconut

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Cocos nuciferaL.

Niyog (Filipino); Coconut; Coconut palm (English)

itchiness  husk Romblon
         
 

(a) Dug-an with (b) manzanilla

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(a) Not provided (b) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul.

(a) Dug-an (b) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English)

irregular menstruation  (a) bark (b) leaves Romblon
         
 

(a) Kadlum with (b) Sentimiento (c) kandi-kandilaan (d) kamantulan

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(a) Pogostemon heyneanus Benth. (b) Not provided (c ) Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl (d) Not provided

(a) Kadlum (Filipino); Indian patchouli (English) (b) Sentimiento (c) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English) (d) Kamantulan

irregular menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Kamantulan with (b) Sentimiento (c) kandi-kandilaan (d) kadlum

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl (d) Pogostemon heyneanus Benth.

(a) Kamantulan (b) Sentimiento (c) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English) (d) Kadlum (Filipino); Indian patchouli (English)

irregular menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Kandi-kandilaan with (b) Sentimiento (c) kadlum (d) kamantulan

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(a) Stachytarpheta jamaicensis(L.) Vahl (b) Not provided (c ) Pogostemon heyneanus Benth. (d) Not provided

(a) Kandikandilaan (Filipino); Devil's coach whip; Light-blue snakeweed (English) (b) Sentimiento (c) Kadlum (Filipino); Indian patchouli (English) (d) Kamantulan

irregular menstruation  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots Romblon
         
 

Makabuhay

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Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson

Makabuhay (Filipino)

irregular menstruation  vine Romblon
         
 

(a) Manzanilla with (b) dug-an

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(a) Dendranthema indicum(L.) Des Moul. (b) Not provided

(a) Mansanilla (Filipino); False chamomile; Mother's daisy (English) (b) dug-an

irregular menstruation  (a) leaves (b) bark Romblon