Table 5 Symptoms treated by medicinal WEPs among the Liangshan Yi

1

Bone fracture

2

Sambucus adnata (142), Sambucus williamsii (207)

2

Cold

1

Equisetum giganteum (56)

3

Cough

10

Bulbophyllum odoratissimum (100), Crataegus scabrifolia (45), Eclipta prostrata (89), Fritillaria cirrhosa (258), Imperata cylindrica (112), Iris forrestii (178), Lemmaphyllum carnosum (97), Plantago major (105), Taraxacum mongolicum (236), Trichosanthes kirilowii (114)

4

Delivery

1

Malva verticillata (270)

5

Detoxification

1

Arctium lappa (78)

6

Diarrhea

8

Agrimonia pilosa (179), Berberis jamesiana (126), Eclipta prostrata (153), Kalimeris indica (34), Mahonia bealei (53), Plantago major (56), Potentilla discolor (201), Toona sinensis (23)

7

Dyspepsia

1

Houttuynia cordata (34)

8

Enteritis

1

Cynoglossum amabile (198)

9

Gallstone

1

Codonopsis pilosula subsp. tangshen (15), Lysimachia congestiflora (220), Pyrrosia lingua (138)

10

Gastroenteritis

1

Aristolochia versicolor (12)

11

Gastropathy

3

Allium macrostemon (27), Huperzia squarrosa (35), Potentilla discolor (137)

12

Headache

4

Aristolochia versicolor (38), Equisetum giganteum (78), Gastrodia elata (134), Reynoutria multiflora (159)

13

Heart disease

2

Musa basjoo (109), Spatholobus suberectus (89)

14

Hemorrhoid

1

Cynoglossum amabile (107)

15

Hepatitis

1

Incarvillea diffusa (214)

16

Hypertension

2

Araiostegia divaricata var. formosana (67), Cardamine tangutorum (56)

17

Hyperthermia

1

Mentha canadensis (43)

18

Injury

5

Aristolochia versicolor (52), Artemisia capillaris (156), Fritillaria cirrhosa (189), Lemmaphyllum carnosum (34), Paris polyphylla (253)

19

Measles

1

Leycesteria formosa (132)

20

Muscle pain

1

Paris polyphylla (121)

21

Nephropathy

2

Eucommia ulmoides (89), Cirsium shansiense (62)

22

Nosebleed

1

Imperata cylindrica (45)

23

Pneumonia

1

Eclipta prostrata (54)

24

Rheumatism

4

Allium macrostemon (27), Huperzia squarrosa (78), Lycopodium japonicum (95), Sambucus adnata (53)

25

Stomachache

1

Equisetum giganteum (74)

26

Tonification

8

Angelica sinensis (135), Arctium lappa (93), Cirsium shansiense (126), Codonopsis pilosula subsp. tangshen (56), Hovenia dulcis (75), Ophioglossum vulgatum (108), Polygonatum cyrtonema (167), Schisandra rubriflora (75)

27

Tonsillitis

1

Opuntia ficus-indica (21)