Table 4.
FL values for the most named medicinal plants in each category.
| Category of disease | Medicinal plants |
FL (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Local name | ||
| Gastro-intestinal System Diseases (DSD) | Flourensia cernua DC. | Hojasén | 100 |
| Parthenium incanum Kunth | Mariola | 100 | |
| Artisia ludoviciana Nutt. | Estafiate | 100 | |
| Mentha spicata L. | Hierba Buena | 83 | |
| Salvia officinalis L. | Salvilla | 58 | |
| Respiratory System Diseases (RSD) | Eucalyptus abdita Brooker & Hopper | Eucalipto | 100 |
| Bougainvillea berberidifolia Heimerl | Buganvilia | 100 | |
| Lippia graveolens Kunth | Orégano | 100 | |
| Skin, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Oropharynx Diseases (SST) | Heterotheca inuloides Cass | Árnica Amarilla | 90 |
| Jatropha dioica Sessé | Sangre de Drago | 80 | |
| Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. | Sábila | 58 | |
| Chamelum nobile (L.) All. | Manzanilla | 21 | |
| Cardiovascular System Diseases (CSD) | Moringa oleifera Lam. | Moringa | 57 |
| Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Urinary tract Diseases (GUS) | Cyclolepis genistoides D.Don | Palo Azul | 100 |
| Ephedra antisyphilitica Berland. ex C.A.Mey. | Pitorreal | 100 | |
| Larrea tridentata (Sessé & Moc. ex DC.) Coville | Gobernadora | 44 | |
| Chamelum nobile (L.) All | Manzanilla | 29 | |
| Musculoskeletal and Joint Diseases (MCT) | Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) J.M. Coult. | Peyote | 90 |
| Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. | Sábila | 17 | |
| Infectious Diseases (IPD) | Parthenium hysterophorus L. | Hierba Amargosa | 67 |