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Table 2 Aliments included in each illness category.

From: The use of medicinal plants in the trans-himalayan arid zone of Mustang district, Nepal

Illness category

Ailments

Dermatological

Allergy, boils, allergic skin, skin diseases, warts

Fever

Fever, chronic fever, lung fever, malarial fever

Gastrointestinal

Bile diseases, bile disorders, liver diseases, stomach diseases, diarrhoea, dysentery, gastritis, constipation, intestinal worms, anthelmintic, stomach swelling

General health

Chronic diseases, inappropriate medication, to counteract the effect of poison, anti-poison, food poisoning, hair long, hair black, gingivitis, mouth swelling, snake bite, vomiting, to remove lodged bones or spines, dehydration, cancer, eye diseases, poor vision, bone fractures, joint swelling, typhoid, diseases of air, diseases of wind, vitamin, tonic, nutritious, loss of appetite, periods of fatigue, low energy, edema, nose swelling, burns, cold, cuts, child birth, over flow of blood in menstruation, over flow of blood in child birth, menstrual disorders, pregnant women, nerve diseases, nerve dispersed condition, communicable diseases, bone spurs, hemorrhoids, pneumonia, digestive, blood diseases, to increase blood, blood circulation, blood deficiency, blood purifier, reduces fats, thins blood in coagulation period, blood pressure, vertigo/dizziness, nose bleeding, pulse rate, tuberculosis, heart diseases, pain near the side of heart

Infections

Infected wounds, skin wounds, wounds, infection, infection diseases

Pain

Headache, stomachache, rheumatism, body pain, leg pain, backbone pain, joint pain, hand pain, ear pain, chest pain, ribs pain, bodyache, numbness of limbs, black worms of teeth, tooth pain, tootache

Respiratory

Cough, sinusitis, tonsillitis, chronic lung diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, respiration, asthma, bronchitis

Urinary

Kidney stone, Kidney diseases, red color urine, diseases of urine, painful urination, excessive urination, diuretic, difficulty in passing urine

Jaundice

Jaundice