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Table 2 Illness, plant parts in use and mode of preparations

From: Ethnomedicine in Himalaya: a case study from Dolpa, Humla, Jumla and Mustang districts of Nepal

SN

Illness

Plant parts in use

Mode of preparations

1

Fever (26)

Root/rhizome/tuber (34)

Juice (31)

2

Cough and cold (15)

Leaf (31)

Raw (20)

3

Indigestion (12)

Flower and fruit (28)

Paste (17)

4

Diarrhea (11)

Whole plant (10)

Extract (14)

5

Tonic (10)

Seed (8)

Decoction (12)

6

Skin disease (10)

Shoot (7)

Powder (7)

7

Cuts and wounds (10)

Bark (7)

Oil (3)

8

Appetite stimulant (9)

Wood (3)

Smoke (1)

9

Headache (9)

Resin (2)

 

10

Dysentery (9)

  
  1. Figure in parenthesis represents the number of species in use