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
         
 

Ulingon (Bis.)

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Cratoxylum sumatranum

Guyong-guyong (Tag.); kansilay (Tag.); lakansilay (Tag.)

For women who recently undergone child delivery   Leaves and flowers Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Ates (Bis.)

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Annoma squamosa

Atis (Tag.); ates (Bis.); star apple (Engl.)

Flatulence   Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Eskobang mayawis (Bis.) with (b) tulog-tulog dagko (Bis.), and (c) mayanang kuyanap (Bis.)

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(a) Sida acuta (b) Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm. f.) (c) Coleus blumei

(a) Common wireweed (Engl.); escobang-haba (Tag.) (b) Matang-hipon (Tag.); indian snowberry (Engl.) (c) Dafronaya (Span.); mayana (Bis.)

Flatulence  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Kulinos balagon (Bis.)

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Alyxia sp.

Common name not provided

Flatulence   Leaves and roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Kulinos kahoy (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Flatulence   Bark and leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Tabog hangin (Bis.) with (b) kulinos kahoy (Bis.), and (c) salngan (Bis.)

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(a) Goniothalamus sp. (b) Not provided (c) Blumeodendron philippinensi

Common name not provided

Flatulence  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Tangan-tangang pula (Bis.) with (b) eskobang mayawis (Bis.) and (c) halom pula (Bis.)

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(a) Ricinus communis (b) Sida acuta (c) Amaranthus paniculatus

(a) Tangan-tangan (Tag.); tawa-tawa (Tag.); castor (Engl.) (b) Common wireweed (Engl.); escobang-haba (Tag.) (c) Halon (Tag.); red amaranth (Engl.)

Fever; stomachache  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Daat (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

Fever in children  Roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Eskobelyang pundol (Bis.) with (b) eskobang mayawis (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Sida acuta

(a) Not provided (b) Common wireweed (Engl.); escobang-haba (Tag.)

Fever in child  (a) leaves (b) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Paspas (Bis.)

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Polyscias cumingiana

Fernleaf Panax (Engl.); fernleaf aralia (Engl.)

Fever in child  Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan