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. 2014 May 8;10:40. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-40

Table 2.

Traditional medicinal plant preparation methods ranked by 12 local healers in the area

Preparation methods *LH1 LH2 LH3 LH4 LH5 LH6 LH7 LH8 LH9 LH10 LH11 LH12 Total Rank
Powdering
 10
 9
 8
 7
 9
 9
 10
 10
 8
 9
 10
 9
 108
 1st
Pounding
 7
 6
 8
 7
 7
 8
 8
 7
 7
 8
 6
 8
 87
 2nd
smashing
 5
 5
 6
 7
 5
 5
 6
 4
 6
 5
 7
 7
 68
 3rd
Squeezing
 4
 -
 6
 6
 4
 3
 5
 3
 4
 5
 4
 6
 50
 4th
Chewing
 3
 4
 2
 5
 3
 2
 2
 3
 3
 4
 5
 6
 42
 5th
Crushing
 3
 2
 1
 3
 2
 2
 1
 2
 3
 3
 2
 4
 37
 6th
Dry bath
 2
 1
 2
 2
 1
 1
 3
 1
 2
 1
 3
 3
 22
 7th
Stem bath 1 3 - - - - 1 1 1 - - 2 9 8th

*LH- Local Healer.