Table 21.
Comparative statistical table of medicinal properties of medicinal materials co-used by Tibetan medicine and Ayurveda
| Medicinal properties | Tibetan medicine (n = 44) |
Ayurveda (n = 63) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| p-value | 4.60 × 10− 1 | |||
| Cold (Cool) | 15 | 34.09% | 30 | 47.62% |
| Heavy | 8 | 18.18% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Light | 7 | 15.91% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greasy | 6 | 13.64% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hot | 5 | 11.36% | 33 | 52.38% |
| Rough | 1 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Blunt | 1 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sharp | 1 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% |
* indicates p < 0.05, ** indicates p < 0.01, and *** indicates p < 0.001 when compared with Tibetan Medicine; n indicates the frequency