Table 5 Number of plants for each illness.

Abdominal spasm

9

9

Abortion

1

1

Antihelmintic

13

13

Asthama

2

2

Body ache

2

2

Boils

1

1

Burn

4

4

Chest pain

3

3

Cholera

2

2

Cold

8

8

Constipation

3

3

Cough

11

11

Cuts

2

2

Dealcoholisation

1

1

Diarrhoea

15

12

Dysentery

13

13

Enuresis

1

1

Fever

17

17

Fracture

7

6

Gastric

1

1

Heart pain

1

1

Heat sickness

11

11

Herpes zoster

1

1

Indigestion

18

18

Inflamation

1

1

Insecticide

4

4

Internal heat sickness

1

1

Liver problem

1

1

Loss of weight

3

3

Malaria

1

1

Malnourishment

2

2

Menopause

1

1

Miscariage

1

1

Oedema

1

1

Pneumonia

2

2

Psynocytis

3

3

Snake bite

5

5

Sprain

2

2

Scabies

1

1

Scorpion sting

2

2

Stomachic

6

6

Taenia pedis

2

2

Teeth infection

4

4

Throat problem

1

1

Tonic

6

6

Typhoid

3

3

Urine infection

2

2

Vomiting

2

2

Wound

15

15

Total

219

215*