CHAP 6

• Indigenous science is a product of indigenous knowledge perfected by people through life experiences. It is the use of science process skills guided by community culture and values composed of traditional/indigenous knowledge.
• Indigenous knowledge is one that is embedded in the cultural traditions of regional, indigenous, or local communities. This knowledge system is passed on orally and is evident in their stories, poems, and songs. Note that this type of knowledge also includes superstitious beliefs and practices which may be a product of human imagination.
• Indigenous technologies, on the other hand, are processes or products resulting from studying indigenous science. It is designed and fabricated based on the culture, tradition and needs of people and which is adopted for use in the environment of those people.
• indigenous sciences and technologies are already obsolete, their importance lies in that they helped early communities in understanding the natural environment and in coping with their everyday lives.
• medicinal plants have been used for treatment in most countries. In fact, the Department of Health approved 10 medicinal plants

  1. Akapulko
  2. Ampalaya
  3. Bawang
  4. Bayabas
  5. Lagundi
  6. Niyog-niyogan
  7. Sambong
  8. Tsaang Gubat
  9. Pansit-pansitan
  10. Yerba Buena
• food preservation techniques include drying, smoking, cooling, freezing, fermenting, salting, pickling, and canning.
• Drying and smoking are one of the most ancient methods of food preservation
• Drying and smoking works because it removes much of the food's water and therefore prevents microbial activity as we all know now.
• One of the indigenous practices of early Filipinos is classifying soils for planting
• Indigenous technologies are processes or products which are the results of studying indigenous science.
• indigenous technologies that have emerged out of Filipino’s creativity, originality and inventiveness.
• indigenous technologies are now part of our lives when they come to medicine, food products, industry, and other aspects of human existence.
• A Filipino immigrant to the US named Pedro Flores is credited with popularizing the yoyo toy in the 1920s, making it the ubiquitous plaything that we still recognize today
• Pedro Flores was so instantly successful that he had hired two other workers by November 1928 to handcraft as many copies as they could produce.
• Flores, however, decided to come up with a different idea. Instead of simply tying the axle to the end of a string, he doubled the length of the string and looped it around the axle. This design, called the looped slip-string, allowed the yo-yo to spin with greater stability and suspension of movement
• Medical incubator is a device that provides sufficient warmth to the body to maintain a desired temperature, especially used for newborn children.
• In a bid to help families in rural communities without electricity, Dr. Fe del Mundo invented a bamboo incubator in 1941
• In a bid to help families in rural communities without electricity, Dr. Fe del Mundo invented a bamboo incubator in 1941
• In a bid to help families in rural communities without electricity, Dr. Fe del Mundo invented a bamboo incubator in 1941
• Erythromycin before or might have actually taken some. It is an antibiotic used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections, such as skin and upper respiratory tract infections.
• a physician named Abelardo Aguilar collected soil samples in his backyard in Iloilo to isolate microorganisms. Little did he know that one of his isolates would then lead to the discovery of the potent antibiotic Erythromycin.
• a physician named Abelardo Aguilar collected soil samples in his backyard in Iloilo to isolate microorganisms. Little did he know that one of his isolates would then lead to the discovery of the potent antibiotic Erythromycin.
• the company launched the product in 1952 under the brand name Ilosone and Ilotycin, acknowledging where the antibiotic came from.
• the company launched the product in 1952 under the brand name Ilosone and Ilotycin, acknowledging where the antibiotic came from.
• Sadly though, he did not get the credit for this medical discovery. His company Eli Lily Co. filed for both patent protection and the U.S. Patent without giving Dr. Aguilar any royalties nor credit for his discovery
• Ruperta David, who was popularly known as Aling Tentay, was the woman behind the discovery of this condiment in the Philippines in the 1940s
• Ruperta David, who was popularly known as Aling Tentay, was the woman behind the discovery of this condiment in the Philippines in the 1940s
• Tentay Patis was born as a sideline. Like most moms, Aling Tentay was just looking for ways to provide for her growing family
• Patis or fish sauce

  From then on, the business started but was only registered in 1949 as Tentay Food and Sauces Inc.
• Banana Catsup is a condiment that many Filipinos love to use for almost every known fried dish
• Banana catsup was actually the brainchild of a Pinay food technologist Maria Orosa y Ylagan.
• Orosa created a banana sauce with mashed bananas, vinegars, and spices. The brownish yellow color was not very appetizing, so a little red dye was added, turning it to what is today known as banana ketchup
• Orosa was also the woman behind the discovery of food products such as calamansi nip, a desiccated powdered form of calamansi to make calamansi juice, and Soyalac and Darak
• Soyalac is a protein-rich, highly nutritious powdered soybean product
• Darak is a rice by-product that is high in B vitamins, thiamine, and vitamins A, D, and E (intended to fight the vitamin B deficiency disease, beriberi).
• Rolando dela Cruz is a Filipino inventor who won the gold medal for creating an anti-cancer cream at the prestigious International Inventor’s Forum in November of 2005
• Rolando dela Cruz is a Filipino inventor who won the gold medal for creating an anti-cancer cream at the prestigious International Inventor’s Forum in November of 2005
• DeBCC cream, and was developed from cashew nuts and other local herbs.
• DeBCC cream is used specifically for basal skin carcinoma (BSC), which is known as the most prevalent type of skin cancer worldwide.
• Rolando dela Cruz was also able to develop a cream that allows removal of deep growth moles and warts on skin.