Research Article
A Comparative Analysis of Ethnomedicinal Practices for Treating Gastrointestinal Disorders Used by Communities Living in Three National Parks (Korea)
Table 5
Number of times mentioned by informants and medicinal species for treating each disorder.
| | Diseases | JNP | GNP | HNP | Total | Number of times mentioned
(species) | Number of times mentioned
(species) | Number of times mentioned
(species) | Number of times mentioned
(species) |
| | Abdominal pain | 161 (21) | 516 (32) | 82 (16) | 759 (59) | | Acute gastroenteritis | 41 (8) | | 6 (3) | 47 (11) | | Constipation | 115 (15) | 142 (3) | 36 (4) | 293 (20) | | Deficiency of intestinal function | 19 (5) | | | 19 (5) | | Diarrhea | 111 (36) | 87 (8) | 39 (9) | 237 (48) | | Dysentery | 6 (4) | 42 (4) | 3 (1) | 51 (8) | | Enteritis | 2 (1) | | | 2 (1) | | Enterotoxin | | | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | | Gastralgia | | | 5 (1) | 5 (1) | | Gastric cancer | 14 (12) | | 3 (1) | 17 (12) | | Gastric ulcer | 3 (3) | 20 (2) | | 23 (3) | | Gastritis | 12 (3) | 20 (5) | 4 (1) | 36 (9) | | Gastroenteric trouble | 238 (54) | 755 (35) | 118 (30) | 1,111 (94) | | Gastroptosis | 3 (3) | | | 3 (3) | | Heartburn | | 28 (5) | | 28 (5) | | Hema feces | 6 (5) | | | 6 (5) | | Hematemesis | 1 (1) | | | 1 (1) | | Hookworm | 1 (1) | | 5 (1) | 6 (2) | | Indigestion | 302 (52) | 829 (31) | 21 (7) | 1,152 (72) | | Intestinal ailment | 2 (1) | | 1 (1) | 3 (2) | | Stomach cramp | 1 (1) | | 5 (1) | 6 (2) | | Stomach problem | 6 (4) | 28 (5) | 2 (1) | 31 (7) | | Stomachic | 1 (1) | | | 1 (1) | | Vomiting | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 4 (1) | 5 (2) |
| | Total | 1,040 (166) | 2,468 (76) | 336 (58) | 3,844 (220) |
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