Table 5 Consensus agreement about uses of medicinal plants for ailment categories

Blood system disorders

11

2

0.9

General conditions

14

9

0.4

Arthritis & Inflammation

29

20

0.3

Infection

52

36

0.3

Neurological & nervous system disorder

16

12

0.3

Sexually Transmitted & venereal diseases

5

4

0.3

Skin infections

69

49

0.3

Gastro intestinal disorders

51

40

0.2

Gynaecological issues

64

50

0.2

Respiratory tract infections

34

27

0.2

Erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer

15

12

0.2

Immune & energy boosting

12

10

0.2

Diabetes

6

5

0.2

Headaches and fatigue

11

10

0.1

Painful body parts

4

4

0

Childcare

10

10

0

Muscular skeletal

9

9

0

Abnormalities

1

1

0

Psychiatric disorders

3

3

0

Body odour

9

9

0

Poisonous animal bites

12

12

0

A taxa may fall in more than one ailment categories