Table 5.
Ailments and diseases cured by the medicinal plant species collected in Bajo Quimiriki
| Disease category | % of MUR |
Specific diseases | No. of taxa | Medicinal Use Reports (MUR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasitic, viral, bacterial | 3.9 | Chickenpox | 3 | 3 |
| and insect related | Cholera | 4 | 4 | |
| sicknesses | Fungal infections | 6 | 6 | |
| Gonorrhoea | 3 | 4 | ||
| Head lies | 1 | 1 | ||
| Influenza | 8 | 10 | ||
| Measles | 2 | 2 | ||
| Rabies | 1 | 1 | ||
| To prevent flu | 1 | 3 | ||
| Uta (Leishmaniasis) | 12 | 15 | ||
| Cancer, neoformations | 2.1 | Cancer | 4 | 4 |
| Hernia | 4 | 4 | ||
| Prostate | 12 | 15 | ||
| Stomach tumor | 1 | 1 | ||
| To disinflamate cysts | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tumors | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dermic system | 21.8 | 'Arcoiris' | 17 | 25 |
| 'Pokio' | 11 | 21 | ||
| Browses and swellings | 20 | 39 | ||
| Burned skin | 3 | 8 | ||
| Dandruff | 2 | 2 | ||
| Haemorrhage | 9 | 14 | ||
| Acne | 6 | 7 | ||
| Skin rashes | 1 | 1 | ||
| Skin rashes due to allergy | 2 | 2 | ||
| Skin spots | 11 | 23 | ||
| Sunburn | 2 | 3 | ||
| To bathe babies | 16 | 19 | ||
| To disinfect wounds | 3 | 5 | ||
| To enhance beard growth | 1 | 1 | ||
| To enhance hair growth | 7 | 9 | ||
| To prevent formation of scars | 1 | 1 | ||
| To prevent hair loss | 12 | 25 | ||
| To prevent white hair | 4 | 4 | ||
| To strenghten hair | 1 | 1 | ||
| Warts | 3 | 6 | ||
| Wound healing | 21 | 53 | ||
| Wounds | 4 | 7 | ||
| Digestive system | 20.3 | Colics | 6 | 15 |
| Diarrhoea | 17 | 26 | ||
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | ||
| Emesis | 5 | 5 | ||
| Gastritis | 3 | 4 | ||
| Hepatitis | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lack of appetite | 1 | 1 | ||
| Liver-complaints | 18 | 29 | ||
| Nausea | 4 | 4 | ||
| Stomach ache | 33 | 57 | ||
| Stomach acidity | 9 | 14 | ||
| Stomach inflammation | 3 | 3 | ||
| Stomach parasites | 32 | 62 | ||
| To clean the stomach | 2 | 2 | ||
| To extract caried teeth | 2 | 3 | ||
| To make teeth fall | 1 | 1 | ||
| To protect teeth | 3 | 8 | ||
| To provoke emesis | 1 | 1 | ||
| Toothpain | 6 | 9 | ||
| Ulcers | 6 | 10 | ||
| Musculoskeletal and | 6.1 | Arthritis | 1 | 1 |
| articular system | Bone fractures | 8 | 10 | |
| Cramps | 9 | 12 | ||
| Joint dislocations | 7 | 8 | ||
| Osteoarthritis | 13 | 19 | ||
| Pain in the muscles after work | 2 | 3 | ||
| Scapular arthritis | 4 | 6 | ||
| To relax the body | 1 | 1 | ||
| Inflammation | 3 | 3 | ||
| Internal inflammations | 4 | 4 | ||
| Internal pain 'vaso' | 3 | 3 | ||
| Pains in the body | 7 | 7 | ||
| Nervous system | 3.9 | Epilepsy | 2 | 2 |
| Fatigue suppressor | 2 | 2 | ||
| Headache | 31 | 39 | ||
| Memory problems | 1 | 1 | ||
| Relaxant | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sleep disorders | 1 | 1 | ||
| To make babies sleep | 2 | 2 | ||
| Reproductive system | 7.2 | To abort | 10 | 22 |
| Disinflamation following parturition | 2 | 2 | ||
| Galactagogue | 1 | 1 | ||
| Menstruation pain | 6 | 6 | ||
| Ovary infection | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ovary inflammation | 11 | 17 | ||
| Penis extender | 3 | 4 | ||
| Sexual invigorator for men | 6 | 9 | ||
| To correct irregular menstruation | 2 | 3 | ||
| To enhance women fertility | 4 | 5 | ||
| To give birth rapidly | 3 | 3 | ||
| To give birth without pain | 3 | 3 | ||
| To give birth rapidly and not feel the pain | 3 | 3 | ||
| To lift up testicles | 1 | 2 | ||
| Contraceptive | 5 | 5 | ||
| To release the placenta after giving birth | 1 | 2 | ||
| Vaginal infection | 3 | 3 | ||
| Respiratory system | 1.9 | Asthma | 1 | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 4 | ||
| Cold | 3 | 6 | ||
| Cough | 7 | 12 | ||
| Tubercolosis | 1 | 1 | ||
| Snake/spider/ | 3 | Ant bites | 1 | 1 |
| insect bites | Insect bites | 6 | 19 | |
| Snake bites | 13 | 16 | ||
| Spider bites | 2 | 2 | ||
| Fever/Malaria | 4.9 | Fever | 16 | 33 |
| High Fever | 1 | 3 | ||
| Malaria | 10 | 26 | ||
| Urinary system | 4.8 | Infection of urinary duct | 5 | 7 |
| Inflammation of urinary duct | 2 | 2 | ||
| Kidney-complaints | 24 | 50 | ||
| For babies to stop wetting the bed | 2 | 2 | ||
| Cultural belief system | 15.9 | Chacho | 14 | 23 |
| Mal agua | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mal aire | 51 | 82 | ||
| Seeing shadows | 6 | 8 | ||
| To bathe babies | 16 | 19 | ||
| To become adult | 1 | 1 | ||
| To bring good luck | 1 | 1 | ||
| To connect with the spirits of the forest | 1 | 2 | ||
| To diagnose illnesses | 1 | 2 | ||
| To get ones spirit back | 2 | 2 | ||
| To make babies talk | 1 | 1 | ||
| To make babies walk fast | 8 | 9 | ||
| To protect from witchery and illness | 2 | 4 | ||
| To see other places | 1 | 2 | ||
| To see who is the responsible for a witchery | 1 | 1 | ||
| To strenghten newborn babies | 9 | 11 | ||
| Used by tobacco healer | 1 | 6 | ||
| Witchery | 20 | 27 | ||
| Other | 5 | Against laziness in children | 1 | 1 |
| Alcoholism | 2 | 4 | ||
| Anemia | 2 | 2 | ||
| Cholesterol | 1 | 1 | ||
| Earache | 3 | 3 | ||
| Eye infection | 3 | 9 | ||
| Eye inflammation | 4 | 4 | ||
| General not well being | 1 | 1 | ||
| Swallen feet | 4 | 8 | ||
| To attract men | 2 | 2 | ||
| To attract the other sex | 3 | 3 | ||
| To attract women | 3 | 4 | ||
| To be faithful to the partner | 1 | 1 | ||
| To boost immune system | 1 | 1 | ||
| To gain weight | 1 | 1 | ||
| To live long | 1 | 1 | ||
| To loose weight | 2 | 2 | ||
| To prevent ageing | 5 | 8 | ||
| To stop dreaming dead people | 1 | 1 | ||
| To strenghten elderly people | 2 | 2 | ||
| To strenghten the body | 3 | 3 | ||
| Violent men | 1 | 1 |
The ailments and diseases are divided into disease categories with respective number of species.