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 | Â | Â | Â | 4 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 15 |
(34 species) | canker | Â | Â | Â | 1 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | 2 | Â | Â | Â | 3 | 1 | Â | 6 |
Fever, malaria (19 species) | Â | Â | Â | 12 | 6 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | 19 |
Skin conditions | eczema, scabies, abscess | Â | 2 | Â | Â | Â | 6 | Â | Â | Â | 8 |
(12 species) | animal bites, itching | Â | Â | Â | 2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 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) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2 |
Musculoskeletal system (8 species) | Â | Â | 1 | Â | 3 | 1 | 2 | Â | Â | 1 | 8 |
Nephrological system (4 species) | diuretic | Â | Â | Â | 4 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 4 |
The heart and circulatory system | dizziness, tonifies heart | 3 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 3 |
(3 species) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Miscellaneous (4 species) | improve body elements | 1 | Â | Â | Â | 2 | Â | Â | Â | 1 | 4 |
 | total | 16 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 98 |