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Table 4 How herbal knowledge was acquired

From: The current status of knowledge of herbal medicine and medicinal plants in Fiche, Ethiopia

Informant

Exposed to treatment as child

Learnt from both parents

Learnt only from mother

Learnt only from father

Learnt from others*

Female

6

3

 

2

1

Male

9

2

2

2

4

TOTAL

15

5

2

4

5

  1. *Others learnt from include “relatives”, “grandmother”, “nun”, “people around the church”.
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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