Population Structure and Curative Uses of Invasive Plants in and around the Protected Forests of Bangladesh: A Means of Utilization of Potential Invasive Species
Table 2
Ailment categories and degree of local communities’ consensus on managing ailments in and around KNP and RKWS, in Bangladesh.
Ailments category
Biomedical term
aNumber of plants species
aPercentage of total species
bICF
Ache
53.50
0.52
Body ache
2
0.28
Bone fracture
1
0.39
Ear ache
2
0.43
Headache
3
0.50
Inflammation
2
0.00
Joint pain
4
0.63
Rheumatism
5
0.43
Teeth ache
4
0.40
Dermatological
90.70
0.42
Antiallergic
2
0.54
Antiseptic
5
0.56
Cut and wounds
9
0.27
Scabies
6
0.62
Skin diseases
17
0.54
Faunal bite
14.00
0.50
Insect bites
2
0.62
Worms
4
0.00
Gastrointestinal
30.20
0.65
Gastric pain
3
0.29
Liver problem
5
0.43
Stomach problem
2
0.33
Vomiting
1
0.00
General health
105.00
0.53
Bronchitis
1
0.00
Cardiac tonic
1
0.00
Cold ailments
4
0.50
Constipation
3
0.33
Diarrhea
7
0.33
Dysentery
6
0.50
Eye disease
4
0.40
Fever
6
0.58
Hair fall
2
0.46
Heart disease
1
0.37
Piles
2
0.56
Stop bleeding
10
0.59
Jaundice
3
6.98
0.50
Mental
6.98
0.33
Mental depression
1
0.00
Spleen disease
2
0.40
Respiratory
25.60
0.60
Asthma
5
0.20
Cough
6
0.38
Urinary
14.00
0.50
Diabetes
3
0.33
Urinary problem
3
0.50
Sum exceeds total as in use to treat more than one category; bICF (informant consensus factor).
