Research Article

Ethnomedicinal Evaluation of Medicinal Plants Used against Gastrointestinal Complaints

Table 3

FIC values of traditional medicinal plants for treating stomach problems in study regions.

S. numberDisease categoryPlant speciesNumber of taxa (Nt)Number of use reports (Nur) FIC

1Vomiting and nauseaArtemisia  absinthium (5), Camellia  sinensis (20), Carum  copticum (10),   Cinnamomum  zeylanicum (5), Cyperus  rotundus (4), Foeniculum  vulgare (25), Lycium  barbarum (8), and Rosa  indica (12) 8890.92

2Abdominal painAchyranthes  aspera (3), Artemisia  absinthium (8), Asparagus  adscendens (6),  Citrullus  colocynthis (16), Crotalaria  burhia (3), Foeniculum vulgare (10), Solanum  surattense (10), Camellia  sinensis (20), Coriandrum  sativum (5), Opuntia  monacantha (3), Withania  coagulans (31), Ziziphus  jujuba (13), Azadirachta  indica (13), Boerhaavia  diffusa (5), Cinnamomum  zeylanicum (4), Cyperus  rotundus (5), Ephedra  gerardiana(4), Foeniculum  vulgare (8), Rosa  indica (15), and Saccharum  officinarum (9)201910.9

3DiarrheaAcacia  nilotica (5), Albizia  lebbeck (8), Allium  cepa (10), Argyrolobium  roseum (6), Artemisia  absinthium (7), Carum copticum (9), Cinnamomum  zeylanicum (3), Crotalaria  burhia (8), Cyperus  rotundus (6), Equisetum  arvense (5), Ficus  religiosa (8), Foeniculum  vulgare (10), Lycium  barbarum (5), Mentha  longifolia (30), Ziziphus  jujube (18), Phyllanthus  emblica (5), Punica  granatum (8), and Woodfordia  fruticosa (5)181560.89

4DysenteryAchyranthes  aspera (5), Carissa  opaca (8), Carum  copticum (8), Cassia  fistula (22), Cinnamomum  zeylanicum (3), Phyllanthus  emblica (5), Woodfordia  fruticosa (5), Ziziphus  nummularia (13)8690.89

5Intestinal wormsArtemisia  absinthium (6), Datura  stramonium (7), Melia  azadirachta (9), and Tordylium  nodosum (3)4250.87

6ConstipationAbutilon  indicum (3), Acacia  nilotica (5), Bistorta  amplexicaulis (5), Citrullus  colocynthis (16), Elaeagnus  angustifolia (4), Nasturtium  officinale (7), and Opuntia  dillenii (5)7450.86