Table 4 Consensus index for ethnomedicinal plants
From: Ethnomedicinal and ecological status of plants in Garhwal Himalaya, India
Illness category | Number taxa used (Nt) | Number of use-reports (Nur) | Informant's consensus index factor (Fic)a |
|---|---|---|---|
Warts | 1 | 22 | 1.0 |
Vomiting | 1 | 29 | 1.0 |
Carminative | 1 | 15 | 1.0 |
Pain | 1 | 40 | 1.0 |
Boils | 1 | 21 | 1.0 |
Antiseptic | 1 | 39 | 1.0 |
Cuts | 2 | 51 | 0.98 |
Sores | 2 | 39 | 0.92 |
Liver troubles | 2 | 5 | 0.75 |
Swelling | 2 | 61 | 0.98 |
Asthma | 2 | 15 | 0.93 |
Skin aliments | 3 | 25 | 0.92 |
Dysentery | 3 | 31 | 0.93 |
Respiratory | 3 | 10 | 0.78 |
Cold | 4 | 13 | 0.75 |
Wound | 4 | 42 | 0.93 |
Diarrhea | 4 | 16 | 0.80 |
Cough | 5 | 13 | 0.67 |
Bronchitis | 5 | 7 | 0.33 |
Fever | 6 | 16 | 0.67 |
Digestive | 7 | 39 | 0.84 |