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Table 13 Informant consensus factor for categorized diseases

From: Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Ganta Afeshum District, Eastern Zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

No.

Diseases category

Nur

Nt

ICF

1

Skin problems such as wound, skin rash, cutaneous leishmaniasis, ringworm, irritation, and skin rash

73

40

0.458

2

Gastrointestinal problems such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, tapeworm, amoeba, and gastritis

94

34

0.645

3

Evil eye, evil spirit, sray/dgam

43

28

0.357

4

Febrile illness, tonsillitis

168

25

0.866

5

Ear infection, eye diseases

19

14

0.277

6

Malaria, snake bite, rabies, scorpion bite

12

8

0.363

7

Men impotence, abortion, fear and dislike of sex in women

21

14

0.35

8

Headache, toothache, dandruff

38

22

0.432

9

Heart disease, blood pressure, Rh factor

7

6

0.166