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) Herba sta. maria with (b) herba-buena

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(a) Artemisia vulgarisL. (b) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.)

(a) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (b) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English)

pasma  (a) leaves (b) leaves Romblon
         
 

(a) Hawason in combination with (b) astiotis (R. Bis.) (c) diagangan (d) pangalion tagpo (e) kayang-kang (f) Kabugaw (Tag.) (g) alibutra (h) agong-ong

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(a) Not provided (b) Bixa orellanaL. (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Schefflera elliptica(Blume) Harms (f) Citrus hystrixDC. (g) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (h) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English) (c) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Lima-lima (Filipino) (f) Kabuyau (Filipino) (g) Suma (Filipino); Alibodra (P.Bis) (h) Not provided

relapse  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) roots Romblon
         
 

(a) Halim-hon (R. Bis.) with (b) catumbay (c) herba-buena (d) banlao (e) alagaw

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(a) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC (b) Capsicum annuum var. annuumL. (c ) Mentha X villosaHuds. (pro. sp.) (d) Not provided (e) Premna odorataBlanco

(a) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English) (b) Siling labuyo (Filipino); Hot pepper; Cayenne pepper (English) (c) Herba buena (Filipino); Peppermint; Hairy mint (English) (d) Banlao (e) Alagau (Filipino); Fragrant premna (English)

stomachache  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) leaves Romblon
         
 

(a) Duhat with (b) santol

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(a) Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels (b) Sandoricum koetjape(Burm. f.) Merr.

(a) Duhat (Filipino); Black plum; Java plum (English) (b) Santol (Filipino)

loose bowel movement  bark for both Romblon
         
 

(a) Dug-dugay with (b) dita

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(a) Not provided (b) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br.

(a) Dug-dugay (b) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English)

pasma  (a) top leaves (b) latex Romblon
         
 

(a) Dug-dugay with (b) colisong (c) san francisco (d) oway (Rattan)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Codiaeum variegatum(L.) Rumph. ex A. Juss. (d) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Garden croton (English); San Francisco (Spanish) (d) Uway

skin diseases  (a) fruit (b) fruit (c) stem (d) leaves 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) Dita with (b) dug-dugay

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(a) Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br. (b) Not provided

(a) Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English) (b) Dug-dugay

pasma  (a) latex (b) top leaves Romblon
         
 

(a) Dilang-baka with (b) luya (c) kadlum

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(a) Opuntia cochenillifera(L.) P. Mill. (b) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe (c ) Pogostemon heyneanus Benth.

(a) Dilang-baka (Filipino); Nopal de cochinilla (Spanish) (b) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English) (c) Kadlum (Filipino); Indian patchouli (English)

gas pain  (a) leaves (b) rhizome (c) leaves Romblon
         
 

(a) Diagangan in combination with (b) hawason (c) astiotis (R. Bis.) (d) pangalion tagpo (e) kayang-kang (f) Kabugaw (Tag.) (g) alibutra (h) agong-ong

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Bixa orellanaL. (d) Not provided (e) Schefflera elliptica(Blume) Harms (f) Citrus hystrixDC. (g) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (h) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English) (d) Not provided (e) Lima-lima (Filipino) (f) Kabuyau (Filipino) (g) Suma (Filipino); Alibodra (P.Bis) (h) Agong-agong

relapse  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots (f) roots (g) roots Romblon