Health Risk Assessment and Determination of Some Heavy Metals in Commonly Consumed Traditional Herbal Preparations in Northeast Ethiopia

Table 1

List of traditional herbal preparations commonly used by the community of Dessie and Kombolcha town, Northeast Ethiopia.

Sample code	Composition of herbal preparations	Traditional use	Collection area
KD-01	Aloe Percrassa, Verbascum sinaiticum	Sexual impotency	Kombolcha
KD-02	Chenopodium murale	Kidney problem	Dessie
KD-03	Urtica simensis, Trigonella Foenum-graceeum, Calpurnia aurea	Peptic ulcer disease	Dessie
KD-04	Verbena officinalis, Dodonaea angustifolia, Calpurnia aurea	Gastrointestinal problem	Dessie
KD-05	Carica papaya, Dodonaea angustifolia	Malaria and diabetes mellitus	Kombolcha
KD-06	Rumex abyssinicus, Trigonella Foenum-graceeum, Thymus vulgaris	Hypertension	Dessie