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Table 6 FI for plant species used to treat evil eye, malaria and rabies

From: Ethnopharmacologic survey of medicinal plants used to treat human diseases by traditional medical practitioners in Dega Damot district, Amhara, Northwestern Ethiopia

Ailments

Percentage of informants

Species

Np

N

FI (Np/N)

Evil eye

30

Allium sativum

6

8

0.75

34

Echinops kebericho

7

11

0.64

Rabies

9

Guizotia abyssinica

4

5

0.8

34

Phytolacca dodecandra

8

9

0.89

Malaria

19

Urtica simensis

10

15

0.67

36

Croton macrostachyus

7

9

0.78

5

Euphorbia abyssinica

5

12

0.42

  1. Np number of TMPs who used the medicinal plant for the same purpose, N number of TMPs who used the medicinal plant for various purposes