Table 4 Remedies for different wounds and symptoms by medicinal plants in different villages
No | Wounds/symptoms | Number of villages | Villages |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Asthma | 1 | Vione |
2 | Backache | 2 | Vione, Lamiti |
3 | Boils from inside | 1 | Lovu |
4 | Bone injury | 1 | Lovu |
5 | Cervix cancer | 1 | Nawaikama |
6 | Diarrheal | 1 | Nukuloa |
7 | Disease of the tongue | 1 | Lekanai |
8 | Cough | 3 | Navukailagi, Lamiti, Nawaikama |
9 | Dropsical | 1 | Vione |
10 | Fever | 1 | Malawai |
11 | Headache | 4 | Qarani, Nacavanadi, Lovu, Somosomo |
12 | Head swelling | 1 | Somosomo |
13 | Hemorrhoid | 1 | Levuka-i-Gau |
14 | Incisura | 4 | Navukailagi, Malawai, Lamiti, Somosomo |
15 | Internal piles | 1 | Sawaieke |
16 | Lump under armpit | 1 | Yadua |
17 | Runny nose and cough | 1 | Vanuaso |
18 | Sensitivity to cold | 1 | Lekanai |
19 | Skin boil | 1 | Navukailagi |
20 | Skin disease | 2 | Qarani, Vanuaso |
21 | Sore throat | 1 | Nukuloa |
22 | Stomach-ache | 10 | Qarani, Lekanai, Vanuaso, Nacavanadi, Malawai, Lamiti, Yadua, Lovu, Levuka-i-Gau, Sawaieke |
23 | Stomach bloated | 1 | Vadravadra |
24 | Sun stroke | 1 | Vanuaso |
25 | Swelling of the throat | 1 | Vadravadra |
26 | Toothache | 2 | Vadravadra, Nukuloa |
27 | Uterus cancer | 1 | Yadua |