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
         
 

Kalingay

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Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm.

Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English)

fainting  leaves Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Sambong

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Blumea balsamifera(L) DC

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

fainting  leaves Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Ambarikas

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Canna indicaL.

Tikas (Filipino); Indian bread shot; Indian shot (English)

food poisoning  water in stem Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Pugasnay

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Ageratum conyzoidesL.

Bulak-manok (Filipino); Goat weed; Tropical whiteweed (English)

fresh cut  leaves Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Kaliaman

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Alternanthera ficoidea var. bettzickiana(Regel) Backer

Kutsarita (FIlipino); Calicoplant (English)

fresh wounds  leaves Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Dilaw

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Curcuma longaL.

Luyang Dilaw (Filipino); ; Common (English)

gas pain  rhizome Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Ilamon

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Hyptis suaveolens(L.) Poit.

Suob-kabayo (Filipino); Bush-tea-bush; Pignut (English)

gas pain  leaves Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Kalingay

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Cinnamomum tamala(Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm.

Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English)

gas pain  bark Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Tubok-tubok

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Bidens pilosaL.

Puriket (Filipino); Beggar's ticks; Hairy beggarticks; Common beggarticks; Romerillo; Cobbler's pegs; Fisi`uli; Spanish needles (English)

goiter  leaves Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Bisanga

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Erythrina variegataL.

Dapdap (Filipino); Indian coral tree; Tiger's claw (English)

headache  bark Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Damol

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Kalanchoe pinnata(Lam.) Pers.

Katakataka (Filipino); Cathedral bells (English)

headache  leaves Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Katotis

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Bixa orellanaL.

Achuete (Filipino); Annatto (English; Spanish); Lipsticktree; Roucou (English)

headache  leaves Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Linipunaya

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Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br.

Mayana (Filipino)

headache  leaves Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Suli

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Musa X paradisiacaL. (pro sp.)

Saba (Filipino); Banana; Plantain; French plantain (English)

headache  budding leaf Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Tagasap

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Parkia javanica (Lam.) Merr.

Kupang (Filipino)

headache  bark Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Tayuso

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headache  bark Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Tayuso

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headache  leaves Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Alul

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Ageratum conyzoidesL.

Bulak-manok (Filipino); Goat weed; Tropical whiteweed (English)

irregular menstruation  roots Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Dalunot

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Pipturus arborescens (Link) C.B. Rob.

Dalunot (Filipino)

irregular menstruation  roots Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Tigbao

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Saccharum spontaneumL.

Talahib (Filipino); Wild sugarcane (English)

irregular menstruation  roots Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Abtok

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Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  roots Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Lipso

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Lagerstroemia speciosa(L.) Pers.

Banaba (Filipino); Pride of India (English)

kidney trouble  bark Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Lunan

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Areca catechuL.

Bunga (Filipino); Areca nut; Betel palm (English)

lumalaki ang tiyan  young fruit Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Ditan

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Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br.

Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English)

malaria  bark Oriental Mindoro
         
 

Ditan

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Alstonia scholaris(L.) R. Br.

Dita (Filipino); Bitter bark (English)

malaria  roots Oriental Mindoro
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