Table 4 Preparation methods for medicinal plants documented in distinct preparation/use reports
From: Ethnobotany of the Aegadian Islands: safeguarding biocultural refugia in the Mediterranean
Preparation method | Percentage of total reports |
|---|---|
Boiled and plant part used | 5.00% |
Decoction | 32.86% |
Direct use | 20.00% |
Infusion/tisane | 12.86% |
Juice | 0.71% |
Maceration | 2.14% |
Mixed with bread | 1.43% |
Pestled with salt | 6.43% |
Poultice/cataplasm | 11.43% |
Powder | 1.43% |
Roasted over fire | 0.71% |
Syrup | 5.00% |