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Table 2 Method of application of medicinal plants in the study area

From: An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local people in the lowlands of Konta Special Woreda, southern nations, nationalities and peoples regional state, Ethiopia

Internal application

Total applications

% of total

External application

Total applications

% of total

Drinking

160

67.8

Soaking

23

38.3

Chew & swallow the juice

31

13.1

Smearing

13

21.7

Dropping

15

6.4

Chew & spit the residue

10

16.7

Smelling

13

5.5

Tie on/hold on

8

13.3

Smoke bath inhalation

11

4.7

Rubbing/ointment

6

10

Eating mixing with food

5

2.1

   

Steam bath inhalation

1

0.4

   

Total (for internal)

236

100

Total (for external)

60

100

Internal application total

236

79.7

   

External application total

60

20.3

   

Grand total

296

100

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