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Table 9 Human and livestock ailment that can be treated by medicinal plants

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

No.

Human and livestock ailment

No. of medicinal plants used to treat human and livestock ailment

1

Abdominal pain

4

2

Diarrhea

2

3

Bone fracture

2

4

Malaria

2

5

Skin rash

2

6

Wound

1

7

Cough

1

8

Evil spirit

1

9

Evil eye

1

10

Eye diseases

1

11

Urine retention

1

12

Body swelling

1

13

Prolonged delivery

1

14

Rabies

1

15

Dislocated bone

1

 

Total

22