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) Kalachuhi (Bis.) with (b) manan-aw puti (Bis.)

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(a) Plumeria acuminata (b) Uncollected

(a) Temple flower (Engl.); kalatsutsi (Tag.); kachuchi (Bis.) (b) Uncollected

Fever   (a) flowers (b) flowers Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Kaningag (Bis.) with (b) tabog hangin (Bis.) and (c) kulinos kahoy (Bis.)

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(a) Cinnamomum zeylanicum breyn. (b) Goniothalamus sp. (c) Not provided

(a) Kalingag (Tag.); cinnamon (Engl.); kalingag tree (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

Kabuhi (combination of severe, headache, vomiting)  (a) bark (b) bark (c) bark Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Kaningag (Bis.) with (b) salingkapaw (Bis.) and (c) lagundi (Bis.)

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(a) Cinnamomum zeylanicum breyn. (b) Euphorbia hirta (c) Vitex negundo

(a) Kalingag (Tag.); cinnamon (Engl.); kalingag tree (Engl.) (b) Snake weed (Engl.); botobotones (Tag.); marangatas (Tag.); botonis (Tag.) (c) Chinese chastetree (Engl.); lagundi (Tag.,Bis.)

Cough and cold  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Kawilan (Bis.) with (b) mantaawi (Bis.), (c) bolongang balagon (Bis.), (d) bangkal (Bis.) and (e) salngan (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Nauclea orientalis (e) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Bulabangkal (Bis.); cheesewood (Engl.); leichhardt tree (Engl.) (e) Not provided

Bughat (a little more than relapse)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem (e) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Koto ng tapol (Bis.) with (b) pahauling hilaw (Bis.) and (c) pahauli sa moros (Bis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Codiaeum sp.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

Maladies caused by "witchcraft" like daot, paktol, barang  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Lagikaw (Bis.) with (b) hantalabako (Bis.), (c) malawmaw (Bis.), (d) tugas hamol-aw (Bis.) and (e) taypong pula (Bis.)

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(a) Medinilla sp. (b) Solanum sp. (c) Not provided (d) Vitex sp. (e) Ardisia sp.

Common name not provided

Pasmo sa kaon (failed to eat on time)  (a) stem (b) stem (c) stem (d) stem (e) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Lansones with (b) kaimito and (c) abokado

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(a) Lansium domesticum (b) Chrysophyllum cainito linn. (c) Persea americana

(a) Langsat (Engl.); lanzones (Engl.), bulahan (Bis.) (b) Kaymito (Bis.); caimito (Tag.); star apple (Engl.) (c) Avocado (Engl.)

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

(a) Lingatong with (b) kalagaskagas, and (c) siling kilikot

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(a) Dendrocnide sp. (b) Not provided (c) Capsicum frutescens Linn.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Siling-labuyo (Tag.); siling-palay (Tag.); kitikot (Bis.); bird pepper (Engl.); hot chili (Engl.)

Poison  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Lomboy with (b) abokado and (c) bayabas

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(a) Syzygium cuminii (b) Persea americana (c) Psidium guajava

(a) Duhat (Tag.); lomboy (Bis.), java plum (Engl.) (b) Avocado (Engl.) (c) Gueva (Engl.)

Diarrhea  (a) bark (b) leaves (c) leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Luy-a tapol with (b) kaningag and (c) tabog hangin

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(a) Amomum zingeber (b) Cinnamomum zeylanicum breyn. (c) Goniothalamus sp.

(a) Not provided (b) Kalingag (Tag.); cinnamon (Engl.); kalingag tree (Engl.) (c) Not provided

Cough; bronchitis  (a) rhizome (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan