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Table 2 Medicinal plant tastes and medicinal applications (cited by more than five traditional healers)

From: Ethnomedicinal plants used by traditional healers in Phatthalung Province, Peninsular Thailand

Groups of ailment

Ailment

Aromatic

Astringent

Bitter

Bland

Hot

Nauseating

Sour

Sweet

Fat

Total

Gastrointestinal system

flatulence

11

   

4

    

15

(34 species)

canker

   

1

     

1

 

peptic ulcer

 

1

  

1

    

2

 

intestinal infections

 

1

1

  

1

   

3

 

laxative, constipation

  

2

 

1

2

2

1

 

8

 

hemorrhoids

     

2

   

2

 

expel worms

     

1

   

1

 

toothache

1

   

1

    

2

Respiratory system (6 species)

eliminate sputum, cough, sore throat

  

2

   

3

1

 

6

Fever, malaria (19 species)

   

12

6

    

1

19

Skin conditions

eczema, scabies, abscess

 

2

   

6

   

8

(12 species)

animal bites, itching

   

2

     

2

 

skin swelling, burns

  

1

1

     

2

 

stop bleeding

     

1

   

1

Female problems (5 species)

women’s diseases

   

1

2

1

  

1

5

Antidote (2 species)

    

2

     

2

Musculoskeletal system (8 species)

  

1

 

3

1

2

  

1

8

Nephrological system (4 species)

diuretic

   

4

     

4

The heart and circulatory system

dizziness, tonifies heart

3

        

3

(3 species)

           

Miscellaneous (4 species)

improve body elements

1

   

2

   

1

4

 

total

16

5

18

20

12

16

5

2

4

98