Table 3.
Human ailments that can be treated by medicinal plants
No. | Human ailments | No. of medicinal plants |
---|---|---|
1 | Stomachache | 41 |
2 | Headache | 28 |
3 | Malaria | 18 |
4 | Gastritis | 15 |
5 | ‘Mitch’ | 14 |
6 | Amoeba | 12 |
7 | Goiter | 12 |
8 | Tuberculosis | 11 |
9 | Gonorrhea | 11 |
10 | Urine problems | 10 |
11 | ‘Fancho’/‘shifeta’ | 10 |
12 | Liver disease | 10 |
13 | ‘Kintarot’ | 9 |
14 | ‘Dingetegna’/Sudden illness | 9 |
15 | Hypertension | 9 |
16 | Toothache | 7 |
17 | Skin disease | 6 |
Others | 70 | |
Total | 276 |