Table 2 Correspondence between emic disease names and etic disease categories and their frequency of mention

Abdominal gas (11)

Abdominal pain (12)

Acidity (1)

Appetiser (2)

Colic pain (2)

Constipation (12)

Digestion problems (26)

Dysentery (2)

Gastric problems (3)

Indigestion (5)

Loose motion (1)

Loss of appetite (1)Piles (2)

Stop loose motion (3)

Vomiting (2)

Worm infestation (1)

Cough (1)

Chest infection (7)

COVID-19 (4)

Respiratory tract infection (5)

Cold fever (1)

Common cold (2)

Remove sputum (1)

Blood pressure (6)

Heart diseases (3)

Blood

Endocrine

Musculoskeletal

Anaemia (3)

Increases blood (5)

Blood thinner (3)

Diabetes (20)

Join pain (4)

Skin

Female genital

Male genital

Burns (2)

Face smoothness (1)

Fracture (1)

Hair loss (3)

Infected wound (1)

Pus (1)

Skin diseases (1)

Skin dryness (1)

Skin rashes (4)

Skin roughness (2)

Snake bite (1)

Wound (6)

Abnormal menstruation (1)

Leucorrhoea (2)

Infertility (1)

Improve sexual desire (5)

Sexual tonic (10)

Night fall (1)

Ear

Urological

Neurological

Ear infection (1)

Diuretic (2)

Kidney problems (1)

Nocturnal enuresis (in children) (2)

Urinary tract infection (6)

Brain tonic (2)

Enhance memory (1)

Eye

Liver

General

Improve eyesight (2)

Night blindness (2)

Hepatitis (4)

Liver problems (2)

Believed to be a strong antibiotic (1)

Body pain (4)

Cosmetics (1)

Energiser (3)

Fever (6)

General body tonic (9)

General weakness (3)

Immune booster (5)

Immuniser (6)

Infected teeth (3)

Iron deficiency (2)

Malaria (7)

Obesity (3)

Pain (4)

Refrigerant (9)

Tonic (1)

Typhoid (6)

Weakness (11)