Table 4 Important disease categories prevailing in District Sudhnoti of the AJK, Pakistan.
From: Traditional ethnobotanical knowledge of important local plants in Sudhnoti, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
S. no | Disease categories | Number of taxa (nt) | % Age of taxa used | Number of use reports (Nur) | % Age of use reports | ICF = Nur − nt/nur −1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Diuretic | 21 | 14 | 141 | 8.13 | 0.86 |
2. | Laxative | 18 | 12 | 169 | 9.74 | 0.89 |
3. | Skin diseases | 14 | 9.3 | 137 | 7.89 | 0.90 |
4. | Blood disease | 12 | 8.0 | 123 | 7.09 | 0.91 |
5. | Fever | 12 | 8 | 121 | 6.97 | 0.91 |
6. | Stomach problems | 11 | 7.33 | 109 | 6.28 | 0.91 |
7. | Infection | 11 | 7.33 | 129 | 7.44 | 0.92 |
8. | Dysentery | 9 | 6 | 78 | 4.49 | 0.89 |
9. | Wounds | 9 | 6 | 111 | 6.39 | 0.93 |
10. | Diabetes | 6 | 4 | 49 | 2.82 | 0.89 |
11. | Headache | 5 | 3.33 | 52 | 2.99 | 0.92 |
12. | Anticancer | 5 | 3.33 | 40 | 2.31 | 0.89 |
13. | Tooth disease | 4 | 2.66 | 47 | 2.71 | 0.93 |
14. | Ulcer | 4 | 2.66 | 32 | 1.84 | 0.90 |
15. | Constipation | 4 | 2.66 | 28 | 1.61 | 0.89 |
16. | Kidney problem | 3 | 2 | 41 | 2.36 | 0.95 |
17. | Cardiac problem | 3 | 2 | 32 | 1.84 | 0.94 |
18. | Digestive problem | 3 | 2 | 19 | 0.92 | 0.72 |
19. | Anti-pyretic | 2 | 1.33 | 16 | 0.92 | 0.93 |
