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Table 1 ICF, number of uses, and species used for each disease category

From: Regional trade of medicinal plants has facilitated the retention of traditional knowledge: case study in Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan

Category of diseases

Central Hunza

Ghizer

Gojal Hunza

Jalalabad

Kargha

Nagar

Skardu

Astore

ICF

Number of use reports

% age of use report

Number of species used

% age of species

ICF

Number of use reports

% age of use report

Number of species used

% age of species

ICF

Number of use reports

% age of use report

Number of species used

% age of species

ICF

Number of use reports

% age of use report

Number of species used

% age of species

ICF

Number of use reports

% age of use report

Number of species used

% age of species

ICF

Number of use reports

% age of use report

Number of species used

% age of species

ICF

Number of use reports

% age of use report

Number of species used

% age of species

ICF

Number of use reports

% age of use report

Number of species used

% age of species

Wounds

0.92

103

4.82

9

5.77

0.93

101

4.12

8

3.85

0.89

48

6.16

6

5.77

0.94

97

3.97

7

4.24

0.89

185

9.36

21

8.71

0.91

139

7.18

13

7.39

0.87

209

9.04

28

9.27

0.89

19

3.85

3

4.23

Skin infections

0.92

163

7.62

14

8.97

0.93

230

9.38

16

7.69

0.89

36

4.62

5

4.81

0.95

256

10.49

15

9.09

0.91

138

6.98

13

5.39

0.90

148

7.64

15

8.52

0.90

222

9.60

24

7.95

0.89

45

9.13

6

8.45

Pain relief

0.95

340

15.90

17

10.90

0.92

227

9.25

18

8.65

0.92

49

6.29

5

4.81

0.94

290

11.88

17

10.30

0.90

199

10.07

20

8.30

0.93

214

11.05

15

8.52

0.89

203

8.78

23

7.62

0.91

23

4.67

3

4.23

Kidney and uterus

0.95

101

4.72

6

3.85

0.90

99

4.04

11

5.29

0.94

19

2.44

2

1.92

0.96

122

5.00

6

3.64

0.86

110

5.56

16

6.64

0.95

118

6.10

7

3.98

0.85

137

5.92

21

6.95

0.89

38

7.71

5

7.04

Diaphoretic

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1.00

7

0.29

1

0.48

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1.00

3

0.15

1

0.41

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Others

0.95

82

3.83

5

3.21

0.93

141

5.75

11

5.29

0.88

70

8.99

9

8.65

0.91

36

1.47

4

2.42

0.89

20

1.01

3

1.24

0.93

110

5.68

10

5.68

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Cardiac stimulant

1.00

11

0.51

1

0.64

0.91

36

1.47

4

1.92

0.85

14

1.80

3

2.88

0.94

91

3.73

6

3.64

0.85

14

0.71

3

1.24

0.95

20

1.03

2

1.14

0.89

10

0.43

2

0.66

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Stomach and intestine

0.94

305

14.26

18

11.54

0.93

429

17.49

30

14.42

0.90

126

16.17

14

13.46

0.96

236

9.67

11

6.67

0.90

483

24.43

51

21.16

0.91

271

14.00

24

13.64

0.90

638

27.58

63

20.86

0.87

107

21.70

15

21.13

Asthma/breathing/respiratory/pulmonary

0.93

180

8.42

14

8.97

0.94

261

10.64

17

8.17

0.90

80

10.27

9

8.65

0.94

134

5.49

9

5.45

0.90

145

7.33

15

6.22

0.93

122

6.30

9

5.11

0.86

210

9.08

30

9.93

0.90

68

13.79

8

11.27

Anti-inflammatory

0.92

14

0.65

2

1.28

0.90

62

2.53

7

3.37

0.92

14

1.80

2

1.92

0.91

65

2.66

7

4.24

0.84

51

2.58

9

3.73

0.90

41

2.12

5

2.84

0.83

42

1.82

8

2.65

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Cancers

1.00

8

0.37

1

0.64

0.93

44

1.79

4

1.92

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1.00

67

2.74

1

0.61

0.93

41

2.07

4

1.66

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1.00

5

1.01

1

1.41

Cytoprotective

0.92

50

2.34

5

3.21

0.94

124

5.06

8

3.85

0.88

9

1.16

2

1.92

0.94

122

5.00

8

4.85

0.92

66

3.34

6

2.49

0.92

40

2.07

5

2.84

0.89

20

0.86

3

0.99

1.00

5

1.01

1

1.41

HIV

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

1

0.05

1

0.41

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Hepatitis

0.90

94

4.39

10

6.41

0.90

50

2.04

6

2.88

0.85

34

4.36

6

5.77

0.92

66

2.70

6

3.64

0.78

38

1.92

9

3.73

0.92

65

3.36

6

3.41

0.85

49

2.12

8

2.65

0.85

41

8.32

7

9.86

Anti-stress/hypertension

0.93

70

3.27

6

3.85

0.93

42

1.71

4

1.92

0.85

14

1.80

3

2.88

0.95

39

1.60

3

1.82

0.87

16

0.81

3

1.24

0.92

40

2.07

4

2.27

0.88

33

1.43

5

1.66

1.00

14

2.84

1

1.41

Hepatoprotective/liver

0.94

19

0.89

2

1.28

0.92

27

1.10

3

1.44

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.91

83

3.40

8

4.85

0.86

23

1.16

4

1.66

0.96

24

1.24

2

1.14

0.81

28

1.21

6

1.99

1.00

4

0.81

1

1.41

Ear, nose, and throat

0.94

211

9.86

14

8.97

0.93

177

7.22

14

6.73

0.90

101

12.97

12

11.54

0.94

266

10.90

17

10.30

0.87

143

7.23

19

7.88

0.95

169

8.73

10

5.68

0.84

139

6.01

24

7.95

0.86

43

8.72

7

9.86

Menses/diseases

0.90

43

2.01

5

3.21

0.88

17

0.69

3

1.44

1.00

5

0.64

1

0.96

0.93

31

1.27

3

1.82

0.90

11

0.56

2

0.83

0.90

50

2.58

6

3.41

0.90

11

0.48

2

0.66

1.00

5

1.01

1

1.41

Brain and nervous disorders

1.00

10

0.47

1

0.64

0.89

28

1.14

4

1.92

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.93

128

5.24

10

6.06

1.00

5

0.25

1

0.41

0.81

17

0.88

4

2.27

0.86

8

0.35

2

0.66

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Weight loss and fat reduction

0.96

26

1.22

2

1.28

0.86

23

0.94

4

1.92

0.90

11

1.41

2

1.92

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1.00

7

0.35

1

0.41

0.91

45

2.32

5

2.84

0.89

20

0.86

3

0.99

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Eye diseases

0.96

26

1.22

2

1.28

0.93

15

0.61

2

0.96

0.88

17

2.18

3

2.88

0.93

28

1.15

3

1.82

0.93

15

0.76

2

0.83

0.94

17

0.88

2

1.14

0.83

25

1.08

5

1.66

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Diabetes

0.97

32

1.50

2

1.28

0.90

62

2.53

7

3.37

1.00

5

0.64

1

0.96

0.92

39

1.60

4

2.42

0.87

16

0.81

3

1.24

0.90

64

3.31

7

3.98

0.82

29

1.25

6

1.99

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Teeth and gums

0.92

39

1.82

4

2.56

0.91

35

1.43

4

1.92

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.93

45

1.84

4

2.42

0.85

21

1.06

4

1.66

0.92

26

1.34

3

1.70

0.88

41

1.77

6

1.99

0.88

26

5.27

4

5.63

Blood purifier/diseases

0.93

84

3.93

7

4.49

0.91

131

5.34

13

6.25

0.91

23

2.95

3

2.88

0.95

111

4.55

7

4.24

0.86

64

3.24

10

4.15

0.93

69

3.56

6

3.41

0.87

125

5.40

17

5.63

0.87

31

6.29

5

7.04

Vomiting/nausea/altitude sickness

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1.00

3

0.39

1

0.96

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1.00

7

0.36

1

0.57

1.00

7

0.30

1

0.33

1.00

7

1.42

1

1.41

Livestock diseases

0.96

94

4.39

5

3.21

0.92

61

2.49

6

2.88

0.87

76

9.76

11

10.58

0.93

44

1.80

4

2.42

0.89

132

6.68

15

6.22

0.88

75

3.87

10

5.68

0.87

102

4.41

14

4.64

0.91

12

2.43

2

2.82

Sexual diseases/stimulant

1.00

9

0.42

1

0.64

0.94

17

0.69

2

0.96

0.94

19

2.44

2

1.92

0.94

19

0.78

2

1.21

1.00

5

0.25

1

0.41

1.00

4

0.21

1

0.57

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Hemorrhoids/piles

1.00

7

0.33

1

0.64

1.00

7

0.29

1

0.48

1.00

3

0.39

1

0.96

0.92

14

0.57

2

1.21

0.88

25

1.26

4

1.66

0.94

33

1.70

3

1.70

1.00

5

0.22

1

0.33

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Maternal health

0.94

18

0.84

2

1.28

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1.00

3

0.39

1

0.96

1.00

12

0.49

1

0.61

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1.00

8

0.41

1

0.57

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00