Traditional lore on the healing effects of therapeutic plants used by the local communities around Simien Mountains National Park, northwestern Ethiopia

Table 4 Informant consensus factor by categories of diseases in SMNP

Disease category	Aliment\disease	Number of plant species (Nt)	Number of use citation (Nur)	ICF (%)
Respiratory & febrile illness	Tonsillitis, Common cold, cough, Tuberculosis, MICH, Nasal discharge	28	171	0.84
Trauma & Musculoskeletal	Dislocation, Fracture, scorpion & Snake bite, beating with stick (Yebetir), Burn & Arthritis	21	92	0.78
Hemorrhoid, wound & swelling	Wound & bleeding, Swelling & Hemorrhoid & Ganglion cyst	23	93	0.76
Eye	Eye cellulitis, Chalazion & vision impairment	10	36	0.74
Gastrointestinal & Hepatic	Abdominal distention, Abdominal pain, Constipation, Rectal prolapse, Gastritis, Gastroenteritis, Toothache, Appetite & Hepatitis	33	102	0.68
Helminthiasis	Ascariasis, Tape worm, leeches	20	53	0.63
Dermal	Atopic Dermatitis, Eczema, Boils, Tinea corporis, Tinea Unguniunm, Tinea versicolor, Athletfoot, Dandruff, lice & Skin fissure (chefachft)	23	55	0.59
Genitourinary & Reproductive	Bedwetting, Circumcision, Urinary retention, syphilis, Retained placenta, Uterine myoma, Impotence, infertility, Abortion and bleeding after delivery	29	68	0.58
CNS (Neurological & Psychiatry)	Headache, Epilepsy, Hypertension, evil spirits, evil eye & Rabies	33	77	0.57

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