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 |