Table 4 Plant species commonly reported by Nu people for the treatment of livestock diseases in Gongshan County

Aconitum carmichaeli Debx.

Ranunculaceae

0.38

Roots

Not enthusiastic to eat/refusing food

Acorus calamus L.

Araceae

0.48

Roots

Diarrhea, twitching, shivering, breathlessness

Agrimonia pilosa Ldb.

Rosaceae

0.45

Roots

Diarrhea, retained afterbirth

Allium sativum L.

Liliaceae

0.52

Bulbs

Witching, shivering, breathlessness, parasites, poison, heat, fever, colds, diarrhea

Anemone hupehensis f. alba W. T. Wang

Ranunculaceae

0.33

Rhizomes

Diarrhea, lying down all the time

Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham.

Ranunculaceae

0.33

Roots

Parasites, lying down all the time

Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop

Liliaceae

0.17

Root tubers

Heat, fever, colds

Berberis wilsonae Hemsl.

Berberidaceae

0.20

Stems

Diarrhea

Bupleurum yunnanense Franch.

Umbelliferae

0.60

Roots and fruits

Heat, fever, colds

Caltha palustris L.

Ranunculaceae

0.15

Whole plants

Skin conditions

Cardamine hirsute L.

Curiferae

0.37

Whole plant

Diarrhea, gaseous stomach

Clematis yunnanensis Franch.

Ranunculaceae

0.38

Stems

Heat, fever, colds

Clerodendrum bungei Steud.

Verbenaceae

0.38

Rhizomes

Sores

Coptis teeta Wall.

Ranunculaceae

0.52

Rhizomes

Diarrhea, poison

Davidia involucrata Baill.

Davidiaceae

0.35

Fruits

Diarrhea, heat, fever, colds

Epilobium brevifolium D. Don

Onagraceae

0.43

Roots

Retained afterbirth, sores

Euphorbia hirta Linn.

Euphorbiaceae

0.43

Whole plants

Skin conditions, diarrhea

Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

Umbelliferae

0.20

Whole plants

Constipation

Gentiana rhodantha Franch. ex Hemsl.

Gentianaceae

0.50

Whole plants

Heat, fever, colds

Hemiphragma heterophyllum Wall.

Scrophulariaceae

0.35

Whole plants

Retained afterbirth

Heracleum scabridum Franch.

Umbelliferae

0.32

Roots

Heat, fever, colds

Impatiens lecomtei Hook. f.

Balsaminaceae

0.32

Whole plants

Sores, retained afterbirth

Kadsura interior A. C. Smith

Magnoliaceae

0.48

Roots and stems

Retained afterbirth

Leonurus artemisia (Laur.) S. Y. Hu

Labiatae

0.53

Whole plants

Retained afterbirth

Magnolia rostrata W. W. Smith

Magnoliaceae

0.22

Stems

Twitching, shivering, breathlessness

Mahonia microphylla Ying et G. R. Long

Berberidaceae

0.42

Stems and barks

Poison, diarrhea

Nothopanax delavayi (Franch.) Harms

Araliaceae

0.20

Roots, stems, barks

Not enthusiastic to eat/refusing food, twitching, shivering, breathlessness

Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell

Scrophulariaceae

0.53

Rhizomes

Heat, fever, colds, parasites, sores

Plantago depressa Willd.

Plantaginaceae

0.63

Whole plants

Gaseous stomach, poison, constipation

Polygonatum kingianum Coll. et Hemsl.

Liliaceae

0.28

Rhizomes

Gaseous stomach

Polygonum paleaceum Wall.

Polygonaceae

0.60

Rhizomes

Heat, fever, colds, retained afterbirth, poison

Potentilla fulgens Wall. ex Hook.

Rosaceae

0.35

Roots

Diarrhea, gaseous stomach, constipation

Ranunculus chinensis Bunge

Ranunculaceae

0.42

Whole plants

Diarrhea, parasites

Rubus corchorifolius L. f.

Rosaceae

0.62

Whole plants

Diarrhea, retained afterbirth

Rumex nepalensis Spreng.

Polygonaceae

0.28

Roots and leaves

Diarrhea, constipation, parasites

Sambucus williamsii Hance

Caprifoliaceae

0.50

Stems and leaves

Fracture, lying down all the time

Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipech.

Compositae

0.67

Whole plants

Heat, fever, colds

Schisandra sphaerandra Stapf

Magnoliaceae

35.0

Fruits

Diarrhea, heat, fever, colds, sores

Senecio scandens Buch. -Ham. ex D. Don

Compositae

0.67

Whole plants

Constipation, poison, diarrhea, skin conditions

Sinodielsia yunnanensis Wolff

Umbelliferae

0.58

Roots

Retained afterbirth

Spinacia oleracea L.

Chenopodiaceae

0.32

Whole plants

Retained afterbirth, sores

Vaccinium fragile Franch.

Ericaceae

0.28

Roots

Lying down all the time, parasites

Verbena officinalis Linn.

Verbenaceae

0.43

Whole plants

Fracture, retained afterbirth

Viola yezoensis Maxim.

Violaceae

0.25

Whole plants

Sores, poison

Zea mays L.

Gramineae

0.43

Seeds

Sores