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understanding reasoning behind choice medicinal plants relevant pharmacological ethnobotanical quantitative studies study analyze traditional medical system influences choice medicinal plants mexican indigenous population study area san miguel tulancingo oaxaca mexico studied people rru ngigua chocholtecs otomangue group hundred speakers remaining indepth repeated interviews four traditional healers ethnobotanical collections identified described classified medicinal plants nosological units therapeutic procedures reasoning behind medicinal plant treatment choice hotcold system considers illness result humoral imbalance strongly influences treatment choice hot plants used mainly treat cold diseases vice versa variation plants selected mainly hotorcold property specific plant species often relevant addition many plants associated specific healing procedures sweat baths procedures turn may used treat various diseases study shows relationship medicinal plants treated diseases complex indirect cases strongly influenced hotcold concept therapeutic procedures