Table 5 Fidelity level of most frequently used plants for different ailment categories
From: Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Yi people in Mile, Yunnan, China
Scientific name | Therapeutic uses | Ip | Iu | FL (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Leonurus japonicus | Irregular menstruation | 21 | 26 | 80.77 |
Panax notoginseng | Traumatic injury | 15 | 19 | 78.95 |
Dipsacus asper | Traumatic injury | 12 | 16 | 75.00 |
Cyathula officinalis | Rheumatism | 13 | 18 | 72.22 |
Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis | Traumatic injury | 14 | 21 | 66.67 |
Lycopodium japonicum | Traumatic injury | 14 | 22 | 63.64 |
Zingiber officinale | Rheumatism | 13 | 22 | 59.09 |
Phryma leptostachya | Scabies | 4 | 7 | 57.14 |
Plantago asiatica | Eye disease | 6 | 11 | 54.55 |
Taraxacum mongolicum | Hepatitis | 8 | 15 | 53.33 |
Ligusticum striatum | Headache | 5 | 10 | 50.00 |
Fagopyrum acutatum | Pharyngitis | 10 | 21 | 47.62 |
Angelica sinensis | Rheumatism | 5 | 11 | 45.45 |
Aconitum carmichaelii | Traumatic injury | 9 | 22 | 40.91 |
Mahonia bealei | Hepatitis | 6 | 23 | 26.09 |