Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the indigenous community of the western region of Mizoram, India

Ralte, Laldinfeli; Sailo, Hmingremhlua; Singh, Y. Tunginba

doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00642-z

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 3 Ailment category, disease under each category, number of plants used, used report, ICF, FL, most cited taxa, and purpose of most cited taxa

From: Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the indigenous community of the western region of Mizoram, India

Ailment category	Disease under each category	Number of plants used	Use report	ICF	FL (%)	Most cited taxa	Purpose of most cited taxa
Infectious diseases	Amoebiasis, chickenpox, measles, mumps, tetanus, tuberculosis, typhoid, rabies, dysentery, and inflammation cholera	55	337	0.83	76	Aeschynanthus parviflorus	Dysentery
Neoplasms	Cancer	12	97	0.88	39	Catharanthus roseus	Cancer
Blood diseases	Anemia and menstrual problem	6	31	0.83	40	Achyranthes bidentata	Menstrual problem
Metabolic diseases	Diabetes	19	101	0.82	91	Lepionurus sylvestris	Diabetes
Nervous system disorder	Convulsion, headache, paralyzes, and dizziness	5	21	0.8	72	Spilanthes acmella	Headache
Visual and ear diseases	Conjunctivitis and ear problem	2	11	0.9	44	Aglaonema hookerianum	Conjunctivitis
Cardiovascular diseases	Heart disease and hypertension	13	201	0.94	63	Clerodendrum glandulosum	Hypertension
Respiratory diseases	Asthma, cough, lung problem, pneumonia, tonsilitis, and bronchitis	21	101	0.8	38	Brugmansia suaveolens	Asthma
Digestive diseases	Abdominal pain, stomachache, constipation, diarrhea, gallbladder problem, hepatitis, indigestion, liver disease, stomach ulcer, toothache, and jaundice	67	443	0.85	87	Curcuma longa	Diarrhea
Skin diseases	Rash, eczema, and skin problem	12	112	0.9	55	Ageratum conyzoides	Skin problem
Genitourinary diseases	Kidney stone and urinary tract problem	11	49	0.79	63	Hedyotis scandens	Kidney stone
Connective diseases	Muscle swelling, rheumatoid, arthritis, and sciatica	9	46	0.82	70	Lindernia ruelloides	Rheumatoid
General symptoms	Body pain, hemorrhage, and fever	23	78	0.71	82	Oroxylum indicum	Fever
Injury	Burns, cuts, wounds, insect bites, and fracture	16	82	0.81	77	Chromolaena odorata	Cuts

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