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Table 7 Frequency of URs for illness categories treated with plant and animal medicinal food taxa on the basis of humors

From: A study on food-medicine continuum among the non-institutionally trained siddha practitioners of Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India

Illness categories

Plant food taxa

Animal food taxa

Hot

Cold

Unspecified

Hot

Cold

Unspecified

Analgesics

72.22

27.78

–

25

25

50

Anabolic

–

–

–

9.09

–

90.90

Blood ailments

24.13

68.97

6.90

–

50

50

Bone fracture

50

50

–

–

100

–

Coolants

11.11

88.89

–

–

33.33

66.66

Dermatological ailments

20

80

–

–

–

–

Diabetes

22.86

71.42

5.72

–

–

–

Eye ailments

33.33

66.67

–

33.33

33.33

33.33

Fatigue

14.28

78.58

7.14

–

57.14

42.85

Fever

50

50

–

83.33

–

16.66

Gastrointestinal ailments

35.56

62.22

2.22

–

100

–

Gynecological ailments

40

60

–

42.10

15.78

42.10

Headache

0

100

–

–

–

–

Heart ailments

52.35

42.65

5.00

0

0

100

Hemorrhoids

60

40

–

–

–

–

Hypertension

0

92.30

7.70

0

0

100

Hypotension

25

50

25

–

–

–

Hypothyroidism

33.33

66.67

–

100

0

0

Jaundice

0

100

–

–

–

–

Kapha ailments

59.37

40.63

–

36.66

6.66

56.66

Liver ailments

50

50

–

–

–

–

Male reproductive ailments

39.28

50

10.72

0

36.36

63.63

Neural ailments

50

50

–

–

–

–

Obesity

50

50

–

0

0

100

Psychological ailments

25

75

–

50

50

0

Urinary ailments

16.66

83.33

–

0

33.33

66.66

Vadha ailments

36.37

63.63

–

9.09

9.09

81.81

Weakness

22.85

71.42

5.73

–

–

–

  1. – No UR and frequency was not calculated