Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Bulang people in Yunnan, China

Table 1 Demographic features of informants

Demographic features		Number	Proportion(%)
Sex
	Male	107	61.14
	Female	68	38.86
Age
	10–20	9	5.14
	21–30	42	24.00
	31–40	65	37.14
	41–50	22	12.57
	51–60	17	9.71
	61 and above	20	11.43
Vocation
	Farmer	151	86.29
	Civil servant	18	10.29
	Student	6	3.43
Reason for using traditional Bulang medicine
	Cost-effective	147	84.00
	Cultural heritage	145	82.86
	Accessible	81	46.29
	Positive efficacy	87	49.71
Threats to traditional Bulang medicine
	Fewer traditional doctors	167	95.43
	Western medicine cures more diseases	154	88.00
	Medicinal plant resource reduction	141	80.57
	Unpalatable taste	134	76.57

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