Table 2

Illness, plant parts in use and mode of preparations

SN
Illness
Plant parts in use
Mode of preparations

1
Fever (26)
Root/rhizome/tuber (34)
Juice (31)
2
Cough and cold (15)
Leaf (31)
Raw (20)
3
Indigestion (12)
Flower and fruit (28)
Paste (17)
4
Diarrhea (11)
Whole plant (10)
Extract (14)
5
Tonic (10)
Seed (8)
Decoction (12)
6
Skin disease (10)
Shoot (7)
Powder (7)
7
Cuts and wounds (10)
Bark (7)
Oil (3)
8
Appetite stimulant (9)
Wood (3)
Smoke (1)
9
Headache (9)
Resin (2)

10
Dysentery (9)



Figure in parenthesis represents the number of species in use

Kunwar et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2006 2:27   doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-27