Table 3 Human ailments that can be treated by medicinal plants

From: Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the Hawassa Zuria District, Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia

No.	Human ailments	No. of medicinal plants
1	Stomachache	41
2	Headache	28
3	Malaria	18
4	Gastritis	15
5	‘Mitch’	14
6	Amoeba	12
7	Goiter	12
8	Tuberculosis	11
9	Gonorrhea	11
10	Urine problems	10
11	‘Fancho’/‘shifeta’	10
12	Liver disease	10
13	‘Kintarot’	9
14	‘Dingetegna’/Sudden illness	9
15	Hypertension	9
16	Toothache	7
17	Skin disease	6
	Others	70
	Total	276

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