Research Article

Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used against Human Diseases in Zuway Dugda District, Ethiopia

Table 4

Informant consensus factor by categories of diseases in the study area.

NoCategoriesNo of speciesNo of use citationICF

1Evil eye and evil sprit10290.68
2Headache, toothache, depression, febrile illness, and fever19280.33
3Skin infection, ring worm, skin rash, dandruff, and athletes foot5420.90
4Stomachache, Ascaris, intestinal parasites, amoeba, diarrhea, gastric, and tape worms17270.38
5Body swelling and lymphatic swelling5160.73
6Tonsillitis, problem of throat6180.71
7Malaria, spider poison, and insect allergy8230.68
8Rabies, jaundice, cold, cough, pneumonia, and rheumatism10190.5
9Snake bite4460.93
10Wound, fire burn, ear wound, bleeding, and nasal bleeding16340.55