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) Kamir mix with (b) loya pagirisen

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(a) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. (b) Not provided

(a) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English) (b) Loya tidek

cough  (a) leaves (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kamir mix with (b) loya pagirisen

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(a) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. (b) Not provided

(a) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English) (b) Loya tidek

convulsion  (a) leaves (b) rhizome Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kamir mix with (b) loya tidek

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(a) Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. (b) Not provided

(a) Kapok (Filipino); White satin cotton tree; White silk-cotton tree; Kapoktree; Silk cotton tree (English) (b) Loya tidek

for a person hit by lightning to regain consciousness  (a) roots (b) roots Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a) Kamote mix with (b) Kalamansi

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(a) Ipomoea batatas(L.) Lam. (b) Fortunella japonica(Thunb.) Swingle

(a) Kamote (Filipino); Sweet potato (English) (b) Kalamansi (Filipino); Chinese orange; Round kumquat (English)

anemia  (a) leaves (red) (b) fruit (juice) Sorsogon
         
 

(a) Kamunggay mix with (b) anonang (c) pulang tikog (d) bayabas (e) ham-o (f) kalidades (g) busikad (h) malagaya (i) tabako (j) alibungog

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(a) Moringa oleiferaLam. (b) Cordia dichotomaG. Forst. (c ) Not provided (d) Psidium guajavaL. (e) Not provided (f) Not provided (g) Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel (h) Oryza sativaL. (I) Nicotiana tabacumL. (j) Ehretia philippinensis A.DC.

(a) Malunggay (Filipino); Horse radish (English); Kamunggay (Ceb.) (b) Anonang (Filipino); Sebestan plum; Fragrant manjack (English) (c) Pulang tikog (d) Bayabas (Filipino); Guava; Abas; Goyavier; Guabang; Kautonga; Kuahpa (English) (e) Ham-o (f) Kalidades (g) Anuang (Filipino); Whitehead spikesedge (English); Busikad (P.Bis.) (h) Palay (Filipino); Rice (English); Malagaya (i) Tabako (Filipino); Tobacco; Cultivated tobacco (English) (j) Alibungog (Filipino)

vomiting and loose bowel movement   (a) young leaves (b) young leaves ( c) young leaves (d) young leaves (e) flowers (f) flowers (g) flowers (h) grains (i) ash (j) bark Cebu
         
 

(a) Kandaba mix with (b) sibuyas costa (c) trompang elepante (d) kasla (e) tanglad (f) kagupkop (g) latay (h) alimhon

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(a) Gossypium hirsutumL. (b) Allium cepaL. (c ) Heliotropium indicumL. (d) Jatropha curcasL. (e) Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf (f) Not provided (g) Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp. (h) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC

(a) Bulak (Filipino); Cotton; Upland cotton (English) (b) Sibuyas (Filipino); Onion (English) (c) Trompa ng elepante (Filipino); Indian heliotrope (English) (d) Tubang Bakod (Filipino); Big purge nut; Physic nut; Barbados nut (English) (e) Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English) (f) Not provided (g) Sitaw (Filipino); String beans; Blackeyed pea (English) (h) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English)

fever  leaves for each Capiz
         
 

(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
         
 

(a) kanding-kanding (b) buyo (c) Cadlum (d) lampunaya (e) luy-a

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(a) Heliotropium indicumL. (b) Piper betleL. (c ) Pogostemon cablin(Blanco) Benth. (d) Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. (e) Zingiber officinaleRoscoe

(a) Trompa ng elepante (Filipino); Indian heliotrope (English) (b) Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English) (c) Kablin (Filipino); Patchouli (English); Kabling (Pamp.;Tag.) (d) Mayana (Filipino) (e) Luya (Filipino); Ginger; Garden ginger (English)

typhoid fever  (a) leaves (b) leaves (c) leaves (d) leaves (e) rhizome Aklan
         
 

(a) Kangkangon mix with (b) panghasan (c) kangingag (d) Kawilan (P.Bis.) (e) tallikod

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm. (d) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (e) Phyllanthus reticulatus Poir.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English) (d) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (e) Malatinta (Filipino)

gas pain  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots Leyte
         
 

(a) Kangkangon mix with (b) panghasan (c) kangingag (d) Kawilan (P.Bis.) (e) tallikod

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm. (d) Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers. (e) Phyllanthus reticulatus Poir.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English) (d) Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English) (e) Malatinta (Filipino)

gas pain  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots (d) roots (e) roots Leyte