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
         
 

Tagbak na pula

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Alpinia haenkei C.Presl

Tagbak na pula

Natawak ng itim na hayop  (Healer?s secret) Alabat Island
         
 

Kapayas

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Carica papayaL.

Papaya (Filipino); Melon tree; Papaya; Pawpaw (English)

natinik  bark Cebu
         
 

Kusol

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Kaempferia galanga L.

Gisol (Filipino); Galanga (English)

natinik  rhizome Capiz
         
 

Gisol (Dusol)

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Kaempferia alangal L.

Gisol (Dusol)

Natinik (Foreign body stuck on skin)  Leaves Alabat Island
         
 

Busbusilak (Ilk.)

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Tabernaemontana pandacaquiPoir.

Pandakaki (Filipino)

natinikan to remove epidermal sliver  leaves Ilocos Norte
         
 

Tugaya

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Aleurites moluccanus(L.) Willd.

Lumbang (Filipino)

nausea  fruit Lanao del Sur
         
 

(a)Alibotbot (Bis.) with (b) Luy-a tapol (Bis.) and (c) Kaningag (Bis.)

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(a)Tabernaemontana pandacaqui poir. (b) Amomum zingeber (c) Cinnamomum zeylanicum breyn.

(a) Kampupot (Tag.); pandakaki-puti (Tag.); banana bush (Engl.); windmill bush (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Kalingag (Tag.); cinnamon (Engl.); kalingag tree (Engl.)

Nausea  (a) stem (b) rhizome (c) stem Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Ikmo

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Piper betleL.

Ikmo (Filipino); Betel; Betel pepper (English)

nauuyag  leaves Quezon
         
 

Escoba (Ceb.)

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Sida alnifolia var. alnifolia

Walis-walisan (Filipino)

neckache  roots Camiguin
         
 

Bangkal

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Nauclea orientalis (L.) L.

Bangkal (Filipino)

nephritis (early stage)  bark Quezon
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