Table 4.

Zootherapy ingredients reported in the survey by the 86 participants from the five islands in the Society archipelago

English name	Scientific name	Tahitian name	Part used	Type of disorders treated	Method of preparation	Method of administration	Number of persons citing the ingredient	Number of UR
Domesticated bee	Apis mellifera	manu meri	venom	Effects of reduced temperature, epilepsy, headache, otitis, respiratory disorders, rheumatism, sinusitis	None	Local application	3	3
Domesticated bee	Apis mellifera	manu meri	honey	Asthma, COVID-19, cough	In mixture	Oral	4	6
Stone urchin	Echinometra mathaei	’ina	soft tissue	Furuncles, abscess, and other disorders with pus exudation, skin disorders, sinusitis	Crush, cook (in mixture)	Local application/Oral	5	5
Domesticated chicken	Gallus gallus	moa	buttocks	Sinusitis	Cook, get the oil	Local application	1	1
Domesticated chicken	Gallus gallus	moa	liver	Sinusitis	Cook, get the oil	Local application	1	1
Human	Homo sapiens	ū māmā	breastmilk	Conjunctivitis	None	Local application	2	2
Crab	NI	tota	soft tissue	Sinusitis	Cook (in mixture)	Oral	1	1
Centipede	Scolopendra subspinipes	veri	whole part	Otitis	In mixture with monoi	Local application	2	2
Common fiddler crab	Uca tetragonon	’aramihi	soft tissue	Furuncles, abscess, and other disorders with pus exudation, sinusitis	Cook (in mixture)	Local application/Oral	2	3

Legend: A slash (“/”) corresponds to the term “or”; a comma (“,”) corresponds to the term “and”; NI = Not Identified; in bold are the most cited ailments for each ingredient