Original Article
Animal-Based Remedies as Complementary Medicines in the Semi-Arid Region of Northeastern Brazil
Table 3
ICF categorized by medicinal use for corporal ailment.
| Ailment category | Species | All species (%) | Use citation | All use citations (%) | ICF |
| Undefined illnesses | 20 | 37.73 | 126 | 8.09 | 0.848 | Some infections and parasitic diseases | 9 | 17.64 | 106 | 6.95 | 0.923 | Respiratory system | 25 | 49.01 | 299 | 19.61 | 0.919 | Digestive system | 1 | 1.88 | 38 | 2.44 | 1 | Injuries, poisoning and other consequences of external causes | 8 | 15.09 | 117 | 7.51 | 0.939 | Osteomuscular system and conjunctive tissue | 9 | 16.98 | 177 | 11.37 | 0.954 | Circulatory system | 2 | 3.77 | 49 | 3.14 | 0.979 | Urinogenital system | 2 | 3.77 | 6 | 0.38 | 0.800 | External causes of morbidity and mortality | 8 | 15.09 | 123 | 7.90 | 0.942 | Skin and subcutaneous tissue | 8 | 15.09 | 119 | 7.64 | 0.940 | Nervous system | 1 | 1.88 | 8 | 0.51 | 1 | Symptoms, signs, and abnormal findings from medical and laboratorial examination, not categorized in other part or section | 7 | 13.20 | 81 | 5.20 | 0.925 | Ear (middle and inner ear) and mastoid apophysis | 6 | 11.76 | 69 | 4.52 | 0.926 | Diseases of the endocrine glands, metabolism and nutrition | 8 | 15.09 | 97 | 6.26 | 0.927 | Mental and behavioral perturbations | 3 | 5.66 | 83 | 5.33 | 0.975 | Ophthalmological diseases | 3 | 5.66 | 26 | 1.67 | 0.920 |
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