TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS IN VISAYAS
IN PARTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUBJECT
TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (CH55)
LHEO Z. SARAGENA
GROUP VISAYAS
2019
Presentation Output
Abstract
This requirement aimed to categorize and determine the diversity of medicinal
plants of “Ilocanos” in Tigbauan, Iloilo, Visayas, Philippines, preparations and
applications of medicinal plants by the residents in the community; habitat and values
of indigenous medicinal plant resources in Tigbauan, Iloilo; and lastly identify and
enumerate the medicinal uses of each identified indigenous plants. This study allowed
the identification of many high value and high priority medicinal plant species, indicating
high potential for economic development through ecological assortment and vocation.
(Rey G. Tantiado)
[email protected]Objectives:
a. To categorize the diversity of indigenous medicinal plants of Ilocanos especially
in Tigbauan, Iloilo
b. Preparations and applications of medicinal plants by the local community.
c. To identify and enumerate the medicinal uses of each identified indigenous plant
species.
This study focuses on the traditional medicinal plants used by some Ilocanos in
Visayas as their primitive way of treating diseases in their area until now. To determine
different types of medicinal plants and its usage.
INTRODUCTION
Medicinal plants have important contributions in the healthcare system of local
communities as the main and primitive source of medicine for the majority of the rural
populations. Plants do not have only nutritional value but have ritual or magical values.
They play a key role in the development and advancement of modern studies by
servicing as a starting point for the development of novelties in drugs.
Number of species 101
Genera 92
Families 44
Orders 27
Based on the survey result on medicinal plant parts used for medicinal purposes,
the leaves are the most commonly utilized part of the plant while the seeds are rarely
used to treat various ailments. This is shown in Figure 2.
Plant parts used are prepared as medicine using fresh plant parts, dried plant
material or both. The common forms of preparation methods for remedies made from
medicinal plants are paste wherein fresh plant parts are crushed with a mortar and
pestle, decoction where plant parts are boiled in water and the extract (crude drug) is
used, chewing where fresh plant parts are chewed and infusion where plant parts are
plunged in water for a few minutes. Paste (44%) is the most common form of
preparation technique used by the people while infusion (1%) is rarely used. This is
further shown in Figure 3.
Medicinal Plants Used to Treat a Particular and Several Ailments. The degree of
informants’ knowledge on each medicinal plant and the popularity of some medicinal
plants in treating specific health problems were identified in general, based on the
organ system that they most likely applied and the general ailment that inflicts the
human body as a whole. This is shown in Table 5. The idea on the medicinal properties
of identified plants in the area were also confirmed and consulted on local medicinal
plant references such as by De Tavera (1901), Quisumbing (1978) and Stuart (2000).
Table 5. Medicinal Plants Used to Cure Various Ailments
Treatments and Usage of medicinal plants commonly used by ilocanos in
Tigbauan.
Shown at table below:
Gastro-intestinal Pandanus tectorius, Carica papaya, Ipomoea aquatica,
Disorders Saccharum spontaneum, Duranta repens, Andropogon citrates,
Spondias purpurea, Macaranga tanarius, Artocaprus altilis,
Achras sapota, Gardenia jasminoides, Ehretia microphylla, Artocarpus
heterophyllus, Morinda citrifolia, Abelmoschus esculentus,
Pithecellobium dulce, Antigonon leptopus, Oxalis repens, Mentha
arvensis
Fever and Jasminum sambac, Terminalia catappa, Sesbania grandiflora, Cordia
Headache obliqua, Theobroma cacao, Sida rhombifolia, Corchorus olitorius,
Sandoricum koetjape, Diospyrus blancoi, Nothopanax scutellaria,
Piper betle, Wedelia biflora, Nerium indicum,
Tinospora rumphii, Pouteria campechiana, Nauclea orientalis,
Chrysophyllum cainito, Averrhoa carambola, Annona reticulata,
Annona squamosa
Cuts and Wounds Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Coleus aromaticus, Pandanus
tectorius, Cardiospermum halicacabum, Bauhinia malabarica,
Musa sapientum, Capsicum frutescens, Jatropha curcas, Moringa
oleifera, Psidium guajava
Cough and Cold Coleus aromaticus, Averrhoa bilimbi, Blumea balsamifera,
Premna odorata, Tamarindus indica, Saccharum officinarum, Vitex
negundo, Triphasia trifolia, Rheo discolor, Swietenia mahogany,
Morinda citrifolia, Psidium guajava, Citrus microcarpa, Mentha
arvensis
Musculoskeletal Jasminum sambac, Coleus aromaticus, Clitoria ternatea, Pogostemon
Disorders cablin,Piper betle, Corypha elata, Colocasia esculenta, Ricinus
communis, Lantana camara, Coleus scutellarioides, Areca catechu,
Erythrina variegata
Dermatological Terminalia catappa, Catharanthus roseus, Mimosa pudica, Coleus
Diseases aromaticus, Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Peperomia pellucida,
Pistia stratiotes, Sesbania grandiflora, Bryophyllum pinnatum,
Averrhoa bilimbi, Gliricidia sepium, Euphorbia hirta, Nerium indicum,
Cassia alata, Mirabilis jalapa, Lantana camara, Aloe barbadensis,
Corypha elata, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Bixa orellana, Centella asiatica,
Spondias pinnata, Basella rubra, Pterocarpus indicus, Azadirachta
indica, Quisqualis indica, Annona muricata, Ficus elastic, Antidesma
bunius, Mussaenda philippica, Syzygium cumini, Portulaca oleracea,
Oxalis repens, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Ophthamological Phyllanthus urinaria, Euphorbia hirta
Problems
Toothache Plumeria rubra
Kidney Problems Pacchyrrhizus erosus, Cocos nucifera
RECCOMMENDATION
There are about 101 species of medicinal plants surveyed in Tigbauan, Iloilo,
Philippines grouped into 92 genera, 44 families and 27 orders based on Cronquist
system of classification. It has been documented that these plant used with medicinal
values are prepared using fresh plant parts, dried plant material or both and preparation
methods for remedies are paste, decoction, chewing and infusion. They are either
applied internally or externally depending on the plant species. The growth forms of
these plants are trees, shrubs and herbs and distributed at home gardens and in wild
habitats. The distributions of these plants are described being commonly encountered,
rarely encountered and occasionally encountered. Furthermore, these plants are used
to treat various diseases or ailments such as gastro-intestinal disorders, fever and
headache, cuts and wounds, cough and cold, musculoskeletal disorders,
dermatological diseases, opthalmological problems toothache and kidney problems.
It is recommended for a detailed phytochemical screening of indigenously used
medicinal plants in Tigbauan, Iloilo. It can also be consulted on the listed screened
plants in the Philippine Pharmacopeia. Proper and community based-management of
indigenous medicinal plants to ensure their long term availability for indigenous
medicinal and commercial uses is a must. Public awareness is needed to be
encouraged at all levels to maintain the biodiversity and the ethnomedicinal knowledge
of the Tigbauenos. Creation of database of medicinal plants in the study site that could
become part of the database of the medicinal plants in the Philippines is also advised.
Other means of sampling can be done to further recognize and discover unidentified
medicinal plants in the area. Conduct research on the propagation and cultivation
methods of indigenous medicinal plants for human and livestock diseases.
These research implies different practices and uses of medicinal plants in rural area of
Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines.
