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Table 5 Medicinal parts of plants (n = 402)

From: Analysis of prescription database extracted from standard textbooks of traditional Dai medicine

Medicinal part

Frequency (%)

Root

349 (38.2)

Whole herb

179 (19.6)

Stem

111 (12.2)

Seed

55 (6.0)

Fruit

47 (5.1)

Leaf

43 (4.7)

Bark

40 (4.4)

Pith

14 (1.5)

Flower

20 (2.2)

Latex

12 (1.3)

Bud

11 (1.2)

Other

33 (3.6)

Total

914 (100)

  1. Note: the total is 914 because some herbs can be used in more than one medicinal part for medical purposes.