Table 1 Specific medicinal perceptions/uses of the five herbal drugs across the three ethnic groups
Uses | English | Kashmiri | Gujarati | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Ginger | Mint | Garlic | Clove | Cinnamon | Ginger | Mint | Garlic | Clove | Cinnamon | Ginger | Mint | Garlic | Clove | Cinnamon |
Blood System Disorders | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
Digestive System Disorders | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Endocrine System Disorders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Infections | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Muscular-Skeletal System Disorders | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Respiratory System Disorders | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pain Relieving | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 3 |
Mental Disorders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 24 |