Ethnobotany in Intermedical Spaces: The Case of the Fulni-ô Indians (Northeastern Brazil)

Table 1

Bodily systems addressed by the Fulni-ô medical system and the wealth of plants cited. Indigenous Land of the Fulni-ô, Águas Belas (PE).

Bodily system (WHO)	Wealth of ethnospecies
Undefined problems or pains (AND)	120
Categories without biomedical correlation (CSB)	23
Diseases of the endocrine glands, of nutrition and metabolism (DGE)	58
Infectious and parasitical diseases (DIP)	64
Mental and behavioral disorders (DMC)	37
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue (DPS)	42
Diseases of the blood and hematopoietic organs (DSH)	11
Diseases of the osteomuscular system and connective tissue (DSO)	32
Pregnancy, birth, and puerperium (GPP)	23
Injuries, poisonings, and other occurrences from external causes (LEO)	60
Neoplasias (NEO)	13
Disorders of the sensory system (TOL)	5
Disorders of the sensory system (TOU)	14
Disorders of the circulatory system (TSC)	51
Disorders of the digestive system (TSD)	98
Disorders of the genitourinary system (TSG)	68
Disorders of nervous system (TSN)	22
Disorders of the respiratory system (TSR)	91
Not possible to report*	1
General Total**	843

*The information cannot be provided, especially due to cultural norms. **Refers to the set of all of the citations and not the total species cited, as it considers plants that were indicated for more than one system.