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Table 2 ICF value of plants used for the treatment of various diseases

From: An ethnopharmacological evaluation of Navapind and Shahpur Virkanin district Sheikupura, Pakistan for their herbal medicines

Category of diseases

No. of use reports

% Age of use reports

No. of taxa used

% Age of taxa

ICF

Respiratory diseases

2383

18.31

22

15.38

0.16

GIT diseases

3499

26.88

34

23.78

0.11

Sexual diseases

294

2.26

2

1.40

0.68

Nail, skin, hair, teeth disorders

945

7.26

18

12.59

0.45

Cardiac disorders

521

4.00

4

2.80

0.4

Antidote

378

2.90

7

4.90

0.51

Blood purifier

410

3.15

4

2.80

0.16

Wound healing

1397

10.73

13

9.09

0.16

Fever, cold, influenza disorders

1419

10.90

16

11.19

0.02

Urinary disorders

221

1.70

7

4.90

0.82

Muscles disorders

571

4.39

6

4.20

0.05

Glandular disorders

591

4.54

7

4.90

0.09

Animal disease

389

2.99

3

2.10

0.44