From: Ethnomedicinal use of African pangolins by traditional medical practitioners in Sierra Leone
Parts | Conditions treated | Use report | ICD categories |
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Scales | Skin disease, impotence, infertility, broken ribs, stomach diseases, inflammation of the navel, bulletproof, cutlassproof, athlete's foot, claw hand, nail disorders, healing premature babies, heel fissure, arthritis, rheumatism, epilepsy, ear infection, body pain, elephantiasis, waist pain, healing wound, skin rash, protection from witchcraft, broken bones, spiritual protection and skin scars | 70 | 12 |
Oil | Skin rash, skin stretch marks, heel fissure, skin diseases, knee pain, skin scars, heart diseases, claw hand, elephantiasis and body ache | 27 | 5 |
Meat | Healing premature babies, stomach diseases, rheumatism, epilepsy, high blood pressure, for increasing intelligence, body pain, common childhood diseases, convulsion and anaemia | 23 | 9 |
Head | Infertility, headache, antidote for poison, skin diseases, mental illness, toothache, heart disease, paralysis, hernia and claw hand | 21 | 10 |
Tail | Impotence, spiritual protection, Apollo (acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis), paralysis, claw hand, convulsion, fainting, stomach diseases, protection against snake bite, curse sting from scorpion, waist pain, elephantiasis and heel fissure | 20 | 10 |
Foot | Heel fissure, back pain, elephantiasis, athlete's foot and broken bones | 7 | 4 |
Tongue | Rheumatism, stop/control bleeding, mental illness, piles and fainting | 7 | 4 |
Bones | Skin scars, healing wounds, stiffness of joints, rheumatism and joint pains | 7 | 3 |
Blood | Healing wounds, elephantiasis, rheumatism, stomach diseases, heart diseases and protection against witchcraft | 7 | 6 |
Male sex organ | Hernia, headache, elephantiasis, athlete's foot, infertility and impotence | 6 | 5 |
Intestines | Stomach diseases, headache and for good luck | 5 | 3 |
Claws | Protection from witchcraft, skin stretch marks, asthma and heart burn | 4 | 4 |
Brain | Heart diseases, mental illness and stomach diseases | 4 | 3 |
Heart | Stomach diseases and heart diseases | 3 | 2 |
Whole animal | Leprosy and invisibility | 2 | 2 |
Toes | Apollo and epilepsy | 2 | 2 |
Thorax | Chest pain and broken ribs | 2 | 2 |
Forefoot | Impotence and elephantiasis | 2 | 2 |
Eyes | Apollo | 2 | 1 |
Throat | Goitre | 1 | 1 |
Sex organ (both male and female) | Infertility | 1 | 1 |
Liver | Asthma | 1 | 1 |