Table 4 Consensus agreement about uses of medicinal plants for important ailment categories
Ailment category | Ntaxa | Nur | Fic |
|---|---|---|---|
High blood pressure | 3 | 10 | 0.78 |
Joints | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Fractured bones | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Anti-poison | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Aphrodisiac | 4 | 37 | 0.92 |
Diabetes | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Eye infections | 3 | 30 | 0.93 |
Asthma | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Tonsillitis | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Chest complaints | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Gynaecological complaints | 6 | 37 | 0.86 |
vomiting | 2 | 8 | 0.86 |
Headache | 2 | 13 | 0.92 |
Vaal sick | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Stomach ache | 14 | 114 | 0.88 |
New born infections | 7 | 47 | 0.88 |
Diarrhoea | 7 | 43 | 0.86 |
Tooth ache | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Skin infections | 5 | 28 | 0.85 |
Sores and wounds | 3 | 7 | 0.67 |
General medicine | 6 | 46 | 0.89 |
Ethno-veterinary infections | 9 | 44 | 0.81 |
Blood purifier | 5 | 35 | 0.88 |
Management of HIV-AIDS | 15 | 110 | 0.80 |
Heart infections | 3 | 16 | 0.87 |
Foot ache | 4 | 39 | 0.92 |
Deceased’s wife | 2 | 49 | 0.98 |
Sexually transmitted infections | 24 | 209 | 0.89 |
Some taxa falls in more than one ailment categories | Â | ||