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Table 1 Modes of application of 467 taxa based on 3,154 Use Reports)

From: Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (Huni Kuin) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon

Modes of application

User Reports

% of total UR

Administration

Warm or cold bath

851

27

External

Squeeze on/in the affected part

715

22.7

External

Friction (including whole fruit)

514

16.3

External

Ingestion

444

14

Internal

Wash (including mouth wash)

235

7.6

External

Eye drops

176

5.6

External

Plaster

51

1.6

External

Vaginal douche

48

1.5

External

Burned/Fumigation

38

1.2

External

Introduced in affected part

31

1

External

Poultice

30

1

External

Mouth wash

21

0.7

External