Research Article

The Status of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Medicinal Plants and the Impacts of Resettlement in Delanta, Northwestern Wello, Northern Ethiopia

Table 6

Informant consensus factor for the given disease category.

CategoryN. spp.Nur.ICF

Respiratory, febrile illness, and throat infection (common cold, influenza, dry cough, tonsillitis, and sunstroke) 192030.91

Internal parasites and gastrointestinal disorder (rabies virus, jaundice, stomachache, bloating, vomiting and nausea, appetite loss, malaria, diarrhea and dysentery, tapeworm, ascariasis, giardiasis, and amoebiasis, leech infestation, and heartburn)462480.82

Dermatological disorders/infections (swelling, wound, dandruff, ring worm, leprosy, eczema, itching, wart, boils, impetigo, and idiopathy) 341780.81

Psychiatric disorder and birth problems (headache, toothache, blood pressure, abortion, Rh factor, retained placenta, hemorrhage at birth, and infertility)19680.73

Emaciation and weakling for livestock and epidemic for humans9300.72

Evil eye, evil spirit, and emergency (trauma)24590.60

External injury and poisoning parasites (eye problems, cataract, bone fracture, circumcision, bleeding, snake bite, struck, fire accident, and body lice)25480.49

Genitourinary problems (gonorrhea and diuretic and sexual impotency)580.43