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Table 5 Perceptions on the efficacy of herbal medicines for the treatment of different diseases

From: Herbal medicine use in the districts of Nakapiripirit, Pallisa, Kanungu, and Mukono in Uganda

Disease

Improved

Recovered

some times Recovered

Did not improve

Total

Malaria

24

26

1

1

52

Cough

7

9

  

16

Headache

2

5

  

7

Abdominal pain

1

5

  

6

Diarrhea

3

2

  

5

Meningitis

2

3

  

5

Flu

1

2

 

1

4

Abdominal worms

 

4

  

4

Joint pains

2

1

  

3

Dysentery

2

   

2

Pneumonia

1

1

  

2

Measles

1

1

  

2

Ulcer

 

2

  

2

Yellow fever

1

1

  

2

Anemia

 

1

  

1

Chest pain

1

   

1

Pyomystis

 

1

  

1

Fever

   

1

1

Gastritis

 

1

  

1

Headache

1

   

1

Lameness

 

1

  

1

Malnutrition in children

 

1

  

1

Nkadomo

1

   

1

Obulogo

 

1

  

1

Omunda

1

   

1

Uterus infection

 

1

  

1

Vomiting

 

1

  

1

Waist pain

1

   

1

Whitlow

 

1

  

1