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

Table 4 Methods used in the preparation of remedies

No.	Method of preparation	Frequency	Percentage
1	Direct and immediate/unprocessed use of medicinal plants	60	17.96
2	Grinding part of the medicinal plants	56	16.75
3	Grinding then mixing with water, honey, and other	52	15.57
4	Boiling in water, milk, honey, and other	37	11.08
5	Grinding and then filtering	28	8.38
6	Powdering and then mixing with water, honey, and other	27	8.08
7	Burning	17	5.09
8	Powdering	16	4.79
9	Heating	7	2.09
10	Squeezing	6	1.79
11	Roasting	4	1.2
12	Powdering and cooking	3	0.9
13	Grinding and boiling	4	1.2
14	Grinding and soaking	2	0.6
15	Grinding and then burning	2	0.6
16	Powdering and heating	2	0.6
17	Grinding and squeezing	2	0.6
18	Powdering and boiling	2	0.6
19	Powdering and smoking by burning	2	0.6
20	Powdering and heating then mixing	2	0.6
21	Roasting and then grinding	2	0.6
22	Soaking	1	0.3
	Total	334	100

ISSN: 1746-4269