Table 3 Plant use consensus and species with high therapeutic potential
Diseases | ICF | Species with therapeutic potential |
|---|---|---|
Amoebiasis | 0.43 | Allium sativum L. |
Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp. | ||
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. | ||
Anemia | 0.1 | Ochna afzelii R.Br. ex Oliv. |
Hookworm | 0.17 | Allium cepa L. |
Allium sativum L. | ||
Piper nigrum L. | ||
Asthma | 0.09 | Imperata cylindrica (L.) P.Beauv |
Dental caries | 0.14 | Datura stramonium L. |
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. | ||
Headache | 0.18 | Brillantaisia patula T. Anderson |
Ocimum gratissimum L. | ||
Diabetes | 0.05 | Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench |
Chest or intercostal pain | 0.1 | Eleusine africana Kenn.-O'Byrne |
Premature ejaculation | 0.14 | Zingiber officinale Roscoe |
Elephantiasis and yellowing of the hair | 0,17 | Strychnos pungens Soler. |
Epilepsy | 0.19 | Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum. |
Allium cepa L. | ||
Garcinia kola Heckel | ||
Lippia multiflora Moldenke | ||
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. | ||
Itchy skin rash | 0.42 | Brillantaisia patula T. Anderson |
Clerodendrum formicarum Gürke | ||
Commelina africana L. | ||
Mondia whitei (Hook. f.) Skeels | ||
Nymphaea lotus L. | ||
Sexual weakness or impotence | 0.32 | Mondia whitei (Hook. f.) Skeels |
Newbouldia laevis (P.Beauv.) Semble. | ||
Heinsia crinita (Afzel.) G.Taylor | ||
Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn. Subsp. | ||
Hymenocardia acida Tul. | ||
Coffea sp. | ||
Dioscorea smilacifolia De Wild. &T.Durand | ||
Madness | 0.07 | Brillantaisia patula T. Anderson |
Chronic scabies with itching and stench | 0.1 | Gossypium barbadense L. |
Gastritis | 0.14 | Allium cepa L. |
Brillantaisia patula T. Anderson | ||
Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f. | ||
Jatropha curcas L. | ||
Hemorrhoids | 0.44 | Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum. |
Capsicum frutescens L. | ||
Mangifera indica L. | ||
Monodora angolensis T. Anderson | ||
Piper nigrum L. | ||
Zingiber officinale Roscoe | ||
Hernia | 0.2 | Desmodium mauritianum (Willd.) DC. |
Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn. Subsp. | ||
Hallea stipulosa (DC.) J.-F.Leroy | ||
Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baillon | ||
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) E. A. Bruce | ||
Sarcocephalus pobeguinii Pobeg. | ||
Steganotaenia araliacea Hochst. | ||
Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich. | ||
Laryngitis | 0.27 | Bridelia ferruginea Benth. |
Kalaharia uncinata (Schinz) Moldenke | ||
Musanga cecropioides R. Br. | ||
Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baillon | ||
Malaria | 0.17 | Artemisia annua L. |
Mastitis | 0.05 | Momordica charantia L. |
Microfilariate | 0.1 | Momordica charantia L. |
Migraine | 0.15 | Elaeis guineensis Jacq. |
Eleusine africana Kenn.-O'Byrne | ||
Ocimum minimum L. | ||
Sciatic neuralgia | 0.15 | Elaeis guineensis Jacq. |
Ocimum gratissimum L. | ||
Otitis | 0.25 | Ocimum gratissimum L. |
Poliomyelitis | 0.36 | Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum. |
Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf | ||
Cyperus articulatus L. | ||
Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen. | ||
Prostate | 0.13 | Zea mays L. |
Splenomegaly | 0.29 | Elaeis guineensis Jacq. |
Eleusine africana Kenn.-O'Byrne | ||
Rheumatism | 0.25 | Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum. |
Capsicum frutescen L. | ||
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. | ||
Musa x paradisiaca L. | ||
Ocimum gratissimum L. | ||
Securidaca longipedunculata Fresen. | ||
Cough | 0.2 | Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf |
Corymbia citriodora (Hook.) K. D. Hill & L. A. S. Johnson | ||
Lantana camara L. | ||
Intestinal parasitosis | 0.33 | Zingiber officinale Roscoe |