Table 5 Ailments and diseases cured by the medicinal plant species collected in Bajo Quimiriki
From: Asháninka medicinal plants: a case study from the native community of Bajo Quimiriki, Junín, Peru
Disease category | % of MUR | Specific diseases | No. of taxa | Medicinal Use Reports (MUR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parasitic, viral, bacterial | 3.9 | Chickenpox | 3 | 3 |
and insect related | Cholera | 4 | 4 | |
sicknesses | Fungal infections | 6 | 6 | |
Gonorrhoea | 3 | 4 | ||
Head lies | 1 | 1 | ||
Influenza | 8 | 10 | ||
Measles | 2 | 2 | ||
Rabies | 1 | 1 | ||
To prevent flu | 1 | 3 | ||
Uta (Leishmaniasis) | 12 | 15 | ||
Cancer, neoformations | 2.1 | Cancer | 4 | 4 |
Hernia | 4 | 4 | ||
Prostate | 12 | 15 | ||
Stomach tumor | 1 | 1 | ||
To disinflamate cysts | 1 | 1 | ||
Tumors | 1 | 1 | ||
Dermic system | 21.8 | 'Arcoiris' | 17 | 25 |
'Pokio' | 11 | 21 | ||
Browses and swellings | 20 | 39 | ||
Burned skin | 3 | 8 | ||
Dandruff | 2 | 2 | ||
Haemorrhage | 9 | 14 | ||
Acne | 6 | 7 | ||
Skin rashes | 1 | 1 | ||
Skin rashes due to allergy | 2 | 2 | ||
Skin spots | 11 | 23 | ||
Sunburn | 2 | 3 | ||
To bathe babies | 16 | 19 | ||
To disinfect wounds | 3 | 5 | ||
To enhance beard growth | 1 | 1 | ||
To enhance hair growth | 7 | 9 | ||
To prevent formation of scars | 1 | 1 | ||
To prevent hair loss | 12 | 25 | ||
To prevent white hair | 4 | 4 | ||
To strenghten hair | 1 | 1 | ||
Warts | 3 | 6 | ||
Wound healing | 21 | 53 | ||
Wounds | 4 | 7 | ||
Digestive system | 20.3 | Colics | 6 | 15 |
Diarrhoea | 17 | 26 | ||
Dysentery | 2 | 2 | ||
Emesis | 5 | 5 | ||
Gastritis | 3 | 4 | ||
Hepatitis | 1 | 1 | ||
Lack of appetite | 1 | 1 | ||
Liver-complaints | 18 | 29 | ||
Nausea | 4 | 4 | ||
Stomach ache | 33 | 57 | ||
Stomach acidity | 9 | 14 | ||
Stomach inflammation | 3 | 3 | ||
Stomach parasites | 32 | 62 | ||
To clean the stomach | 2 | 2 | ||
To extract caried teeth | 2 | 3 | ||
To make teeth fall | 1 | 1 | ||
To protect teeth | 3 | 8 | ||
To provoke emesis | 1 | 1 | ||
Toothpain | 6 | 9 | ||
Ulcers | 6 | 10 | ||
Musculoskeletal and | 6.1 | Arthritis | 1 | 1 |
articular system | Bone fractures | 8 | 10 | |
Cramps | 9 | 12 | ||
Joint dislocations | 7 | 8 | ||
Osteoarthritis | 13 | 19 | ||
Pain in the muscles after work | 2 | 3 | ||
Scapular arthritis | 4 | 6 | ||
To relax the body | 1 | 1 | ||
Inflammation | 3 | 3 | ||
Internal inflammations | 4 | 4 | ||
Internal pain 'vaso' | 3 | 3 | ||
Pains in the body | 7 | 7 | ||
Nervous system | 3.9 | Epilepsy | 2 | 2 |
Fatigue suppressor | 2 | 2 | ||
Headache | 31 | 39 | ||
Memory problems | 1 | 1 | ||
Relaxant | 2 | 2 | ||
Sleep disorders | 1 | 1 | ||
To make babies sleep | 2 | 2 | ||
Reproductive system | 7.2 | To abort | 10 | 22 |
Disinflamation following parturition | 2 | 2 | ||
Galactagogue | 1 | 1 | ||
Menstruation pain | 6 | 6 | ||
Ovary infection | 1 | 1 | ||
Ovary inflammation | 11 | 17 | ||
Penis extender | 3 | 4 | ||
Sexual invigorator for men | 6 | 9 | ||
To correct irregular menstruation | 2 | 3 | ||
To enhance women fertility | 4 | 5 | ||
To give birth rapidly | 3 | 3 | ||
To give birth without pain | 3 | 3 | ||
To give birth rapidly and not feel the pain | 3 | 3 | ||
To lift up testicles | 1 | 2 | ||
Contraceptive | 5 | 5 | ||
To release the placenta after giving birth | 1 | 2 | ||
Vaginal infection | 3 | 3 | ||
Respiratory system | 1.9 | Asthma | 1 | 1 |
Bronchitis | 1 | 4 | ||
Cold | 3 | 6 | ||
Cough | 7 | 12 | ||
Tubercolosis | 1 | 1 | ||
Snake/spider/ | 3 | Ant bites | 1 | 1 |
insect bites | Insect bites | 6 | 19 | |
Snake bites | 13 | 16 | ||
Spider bites | 2 | 2 | ||
Fever/Malaria | 4.9 | Fever | 16 | 33 |
High Fever | 1 | 3 | ||
Malaria | 10 | 26 | ||
Urinary system | 4.8 | Infection of urinary duct | 5 | 7 |
Inflammation of urinary duct | 2 | 2 | ||
Kidney-complaints | 24 | 50 | ||
For babies to stop wetting the bed | 2 | 2 | ||
Cultural belief system | 15.9 | Chacho | 14 | 23 |
Mal agua | 1 | 1 | ||
Mal aire | 51 | 82 | ||
Seeing shadows | 6 | 8 | ||
To bathe babies | 16 | 19 | ||
To become adult | 1 | 1 | ||
To bring good luck | 1 | 1 | ||
To connect with the spirits of the forest | 1 | 2 | ||
To diagnose illnesses | 1 | 2 | ||
To get ones spirit back | 2 | 2 | ||
To make babies talk | 1 | 1 | ||
To make babies walk fast | 8 | 9 | ||
To protect from witchery and illness | 2 | 4 | ||
To see other places | 1 | 2 | ||
To see who is the responsible for a witchery | 1 | 1 | ||
To strenghten newborn babies | 9 | 11 | ||
Used by tobacco healer | 1 | 6 | ||
Witchery | 20 | 27 | ||
Other | 5 | Against laziness in children | 1 | 1 |
Alcoholism | 2 | 4 | ||
Anemia | 2 | 2 | ||
Cholesterol | 1 | 1 | ||
Earache | 3 | 3 | ||
Eye infection | 3 | 9 | ||
Eye inflammation | 4 | 4 | ||
General not well being | 1 | 1 | ||
Swallen feet | 4 | 8 | ||
To attract men | 2 | 2 | ||
To attract the other sex | 3 | 3 | ||
To attract women | 3 | 4 | ||
To be faithful to the partner | 1 | 1 | ||
To boost immune system | 1 | 1 | ||
To gain weight | 1 | 1 | ||
To live long | 1 | 1 | ||
To loose weight | 2 | 2 | ||
To prevent ageing | 5 | 8 | ||
To stop dreaming dead people | 1 | 1 | ||
To strenghten elderly people | 2 | 2 | ||
To strenghten the body | 3 | 3 | ||
Violent men | 1 | 1 |