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
         
 

Kalabo Tigre (Bis.)

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Sansevieria zeylanica

Bowstring hemp (Engl.); buntot-tigre (Tag.); buntot-palos (Tag.); tigi (Tag.)

Insect bites (fire ants, the sting from bees, and hornets)   Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Kesol (Bis.)

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Kaempferia sp.

Common name not provided

 Insect bites (fire ants, the sting from bees, and hornets)   Rhizome Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Salimbagat (Bis.)

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Stachytarphaeta jamaicensis

Aaron's rod (Engl.); kandikandilaan (Tag.); albaka (Tag.); limbagat (Bis.)

Insect bites (fire ants, the sting from bees, and hornets)   Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Siapo (Bis.)

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Not known

Common name not provided

 Insect bites (fire ants, the sting from bees, and hornets)   Leaves Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Lagunding dagat

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Vitex trifoliaL.

Lagunding-dagat (Filipino); Simpleleaf chastetree (English)

insect repellant  leaves Camarines Sur
         
 

Hoya-hoya na babae, Babaeng makahiya (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Mimosa pudica Linn.

Makahiya (Filipino), Bashful mimosa (English), Humble plant (English), Almindelig mimose (Danish)

Insomia  Leaves, roots, and stem Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Kandamura

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

Kalingag (Filipino); Indian bark (English)

insomnia  bark Ilocos Norte
         
 

Mustard

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Brassica juncea(L.) Czern.

Mustasa (Filipino); Mustard; India mustard; Chinese mustard (English)

insomnia  leaves Quezon
         
 

(a) alingitngit mix with (b) kipi-kipi (c) tugtag (Ceb.)

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(a) Cajanus cajan(L.) Huth (b) Carmona retusa(Vahl) Masam. (c ) Mimosa pudicaL.

(a) Kadyos (Filipino); Pigeon pea (English) (b) Tsaang-gubat (Filipino); Scorpionbush (English) (c) Makahiya (Filipino); Touch-me-not; Shameplant (English)

insomnia  roots Davao
         
 

Salimpatog (Ceb.)

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Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.

Matang-hipon (Filipino)

insomnia  roots Davao
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