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
         
 

Lunga

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Sesamum indicumL.

Linga (Filipino); Sesame (English)

Not provided  Not provided Cebu
         
 

Kamayan

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Not provided

Not provided

Not provided  roots Maguindanao
         
 

Not provided

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Not provided

Not provided

Not provided  Not provided Samar Island
         
 

apog

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Calcium hydroxide

Not provided

Not provided  To strengthen teeth Samar Island
         
 

(a) Lagunding -itim mix with (b) Gugo (Tag.) (c) damong maria (d) sambong

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(a) Not provided (b) Entada phaseoloides(L.) Merr. (c ) Artemisia vulgarisL. (d) Blumea balsamifera(L) DC

(a) Lagunding itim (b) Gogo (Filipino); St. Thomas bean (English) (c) Damong-maria (Filipino); Maidenwort; Common wormwood; Hierba de San Juan; Mugwort; Artemisia (English) (d) Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English)

numbness  (a) fresh leaves (b) fresh leaves (c) roots (d) roots Batangas
         
 

Batwan (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Uncollected

Common name not provided

Numbness  Leaves Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

(a) Albutra with (b) tabon-hangin (c) buloganan (d) paha-uli (e) kulinos (Vis.)

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(a) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Tabon-hangin (c) Buloganan (d) Paha-uli (e) Kulinos

one to two months of pregnancy with gas pains and vomiting  (a) wood (b) wood (c) wood (d) wood (e) wood Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Albutra with (b) tabon-hangin (c) buloganan (d) paha-uli (e) kulinos (Vis.)

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(a) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided

(a) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Not provided

one to two months of pregnancy with gas pains and vomiting  (a) wood (b) wood (c) wood (d) wood (e) wood Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Kulinos (Vis.) with (b) tabon-hangin (c) buloganan (d) paha-uli (e) albutra

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Not provided (e) Suma (Filipino); Abutra (S. L. Bis.)

one to two months of pregnancy with gas pains and vomiting  (a) wood (b) wood (c) wood (d) wood (e) wood Zamboanga
         
 

(a) Paha-uli mix with (b) tabon-hangin (c) buloganan (d) albutra (e) kulinos (Vis.)

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(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c ) Not provided (d) Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. (e) Not provided

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Not provided (d) Suma (Filipino) (e) Not provided

one to two months of pregnancy with gas pains and vomiting  (a) wood (b) wood (c) wood (d) wood (e) wood Zamboanga