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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

Bermuda grass (plant named by the locals), Kawad-kawaran (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Cynodon dactylon ( L.) Pers.	Bermuda grass (English), Devil's grass (English), Kawad-kawaran (Filipino)	For high blood	Roots	Davao - Tagakaolo

Kabal (Talaingod manobo), flying lemur (English) * Image in process *	Cynocephalus sp.	Not provided	For lusongan (Talaingod manobo), malaria (English)	Wings of the lemur	Davao - Talaingod Manobo

Kabal (Talaingod manobo), flying lemur (English) * Image in process *	Cynocephalus sp.	Not provided	For lusongan (Talaingod manobo), malaria (English)	Fur of the lemur	Davao - Talaingod Manobo

Tallad (Tagakaulo) , Tanglad (Bisaya, Tagalog) * Image in process *	Cymbopogon?citratus?(DC.) Stapf?	Lemon grass (English), Tanglad (Filipino)	For pregnancy relapse, bughat (Bisaya), bugna (Tagakaulo), binat (Tagalog)	Roots and Young leaves	Davao - Tagakaolo

Baraniw * Image in process *	Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf	Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)	hypertension	leaves	Bontoc

Tanglad * Image in process *	Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf	Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)	fever	leaves	Iloilo

Salay or tanglad * Image in process *	Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf	Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)	kidney trouble	roots	Quezon

Salay or tanglad * Image in process *	Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf	Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)	diarrhea	roots	Quezon

Salay or tanglad * Image in process *	Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf	Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)	cholera	stem	Quezon

Salay or tanglad * Image in process *	Cymbopogon citratus(DC.) Stapf	Tanglad (Filipino); Ginger grass; Lemon grass (English)	el tor	stem with roots	Quezon

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