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Table 5 Major disease categories of human and livestock with number of remedies

From: Exploration of ethnomedicinal plants and their practices in human and livestock healthcare in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Disease treated

No. of remedies

Human ailments

Livestock ailments

Digestive system-related

12

16

Dermal and wound problems

10

05

Liver tonic and jaundice

06

–

Diabetes

05

–

Respiratory system-related

05

02

Circulatory system and blood-related

04

–

Mouth and throat infections

03

02

Excretory system-related

02

02

Fever

02

02

Animal and insect bites

01

–

Bones and joints related

01

06

Reproductive system-related

01

05