Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used for Human Ailments in Yilmana Densa and Quarit Districts of West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Table 2

Consensus of informants on different use categories.

Disease categories	Nur	Nt	ICF
(1) Nervous diseases (migraine, headache, madness/mental disease, evil eye, nightmare, impotency)	298	19	0.9
(2) Gastrointestinal (tongue disease, throat (esophagus) disease, tonsillitis, abdominal illness (vomiting, abdominal impelling/bloating), tapeworm, constipation, toothache, ascaris, intestinal diseases, liver disease/jaundice, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, abdominal burning/gastritis, poisonings)	365	41	0.9
(3) Miscellaneous diseases (snake bite, febrile illness, spider bites, swelling)	197	19	0.9
(4) Dermatological system diseases (wound, eczema, Tinea capitis, Tinea corporis, Tinea nigra, scabies/rashes, dandruff, skin peeling, TB (head wound), swelling, warts, gland removal)	225	41	0.8
(5) Infective diseases (malaria, rabies)	33	6	0.8
(6) Musculoskeletal system diseases (rheumatism, backache, stabbing pain)	19	6	0.7
(7) Sensorial diseases (eye disease, night blindness, deafness, trachoma, ear pest, tongue disease, epistaxis, earache)	48	14	0.7
(8) Circulatory system diseases (blood pressure)	9	6	0.4
(9) Metabolism diseases (diabetes)	4	3	0.3
(10) Respiratory system diseases (coughs, asthma, common cold, lung disease)	19	15	0.2
(11) Reproductive system diseases (syphilis, gonorrhea, neonatal death, breast swelling, penis swelling, urinary retention)	8	7	0.1