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
         
 

Dalagangan (Tagakaulo)

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Uncollected

Not provided

For prevention of abortion, pampakapit sa matris sa bag-ong nanganak  Roots Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

1 Buongon (Bisaya), Suha (Tagalog), Lukban (Tagalog) 2 Uli-uli (Tagakaulo), Borobotones (Bisaya), Anuang (Tagalog) 3 Angkakama (Tagakaulo) Paragis (Tagalog) 4 Ingkakalang (Tagakaolo), Gabon (Bisaya), Sambong (Tagalog)

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1 Citrus maxima (Burm.) Osbeck 2 Cyperus kyllingia Endl. 3 Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. 4 Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC.

1 Pomelo (English), Suha (Filipino) 2 White-flowered kyllinga (English), Anuang (Filipino) 3 Dog's tail, Wire grass (English), Paragis (Filipino) 4 Blumea camphor (English), Sambong (Filipino)

For prevention of relapse, bughat (Bisaya), bugna (Tagakaolo)  Mature leaves Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

Lambayong (Tagakaulo)

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Uncollected

Not provided

For prevention of relapse, bughat (Bisaya), bugna (Tagakaulo), binat (Tagalog)  Roots Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

Buyo (Mandaya), Ikmo (Tagalog)

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Piper betle L.

Betel pepper (English), Ikmo (Filipino)

For prickly heat rashes, para sa bungang-singot sa bata   Mature Leaves Davao - Mandaya
         
 

Kumintang

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Catharanthus roseus(L.) G. Don

Tsitsirika (Filipino); Madagascar periwinkle (English)

for production of white blood cells  roots Lanao del Norte
         
 

abaka

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uncollected, unidentified

abaka

for productive cough  young stalk Samar Island
         
 

Bulloy (Tagakaulo)

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Unidentified

Not provided

For prolong expulsion of placenta, dugay mugawas ang inununan  Flower Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

Saging (Tagalog, Bisaya)

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Musa paradisiaca L.

Banana (English), Saging (Filipino)

For prolong expulsion of placenta, dugay mugawas ang inununan  Banana flower's outer skin Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

Tambolala (Tagakaulo)

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Uncollected

Not provided

For prolong expulsion of placenta, dugay mugawas ang inununan  Fruit- natagak sad na bunga sa tambolala Davao - Tagakaolo
         
 

Mangimbae (Tagakaulo)

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Typha sp.

Not provided

For protection from "mangkallat", para dili muduol ang mangkallat  Mature leaves Davao - Tagakaolo