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 | |||