Table 2 Plant Medicines Identified Based on Plant Medicines Use Index

1

Deworming of livestock through extract of tender shoots of pineapple plant (Ananas comosus).

2

Ground garlic and ginger mixed with palm oil for curing cough.

3

Feeding the juice of old sugarcane (last season's crop) as a cure for cessation of urination.

4

Treatment of sleeplessness with extract from goat weed (Ageratum conyzoides) leaves sprinkled with chewed alligator pepper.

5

Feeding raw ginger mixed with table salt to cure constipation.

6

Control of body lice through application of leaf extract of bullock's heart (Annona recticulata).

7

Use of root and stem extract of snakewort in stimulating uterine contraction and parturition in pregnant animals.

8

Use of snakewort (Aristolocia bracteata) leaf extract as antidote to snake poison, scorpion bite and antihelmintic.

9

Use of extract of cashew tender roots in curing persistent cough.

10

Use of Euphorbia hirta leaves in the treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery.

11

Treatment of physical weakness by feeding raw ginger and molasses paste to an animal once daily.

12

Use of Euphorbia hirta leaves pounded and mixed with water as cure for constipation.

13

Feeding gur (juice of sugarcane in crystallized form) to cure cessation of urination.

14

Feeding of gum of tamarind and banana together with straw to improve lactation on first delivery.

15

Application of extract of wide cucumber (Mormodica charalia) as purgative and antidote to some gastro-intestinal disorders.

16

Use of dog's liver plant (Kelanchoe crenata) leaf extract in treating general debility and stiffness of joints.

17

An infusion of hairy spurge or Australian asthma herb (Euphorbia hirta) given to animals for increased lactation.

18

Use of the root and bark of Radish plant (Moringa pterygosperma) in treatment of fever and mouth sores.

19

Application of ground seeds of wild cucumber in treatment of jaundice.

20

Cultivation of Ocimum gratissimum and Cymbopogon citrates round livestock houses to serve as repellents to insects.

21

Crushed back of Wild Oliver applied to sores of domestic animals.

22

Use of Ocimum gratissimum leaf and whole plant part in treatment of diarrhoea. The animal drinks the cold infusion extract twice daily.

23

An infusion of crushed fruit of wild Oliver given to animals to cure "bloody diarrhoea".

24

Curing loose motion through feeding of leaves of Musa acuminata mixed with the ash of dried walnut.

25

Use of Ageratum conyzoides in dressing sores and wounds.

26

Use of mustard oil paste to cure gingivitis.

27

Using a paste of lime juice, butter and few seeds (10-12) of black pepper to cure asthma/anorexia.

28

Curing digestive troubles through feeding of rashun, lime juice and butter wrapped in banana leaves

29

Applying few drops of juice of immature Leucus aspera mixed with table salt at the corner of the eyes to cure cessation of defecation

30

Extract of roots of wild Oliver (Ximenia americana) with that of Annona senegalensis or Annona. chrysophylla in the treatment of sleeping sickness.

31

Coating the area of pain with molasses and ash of Harrisonia abyssiniea to cure haemorrhagic septicemia.

32

Pouring of raw mustard oil through the nostril of an animal to stimulate appetite.

33

Curing bloat through dilution of dusts of turmeric in indigenous smoking pipe and feeding it to the animal.

34

Application of Solanum nodiflorum wrapped in banana leaves and heated in hot ash. The juice is squeezed on to the sore and applied twice daily.

35

Use of aqeous leaf extract of Hagenia abyssinica and Mollugo hirta as anthelmintic in vitro.