Research Article

Traditional Therapies Used to Manage Diabetes and Related Complications in Mauritius: A Comparative Ethnoreligious Study

Table 4

Culturally most important plant and animal species used against diabetes and related complications.

Religious
groups
HinduMuslimChristianBuddhist

Plant
species
Ocimum tenuiflorum (0.39)Cardiospermum halicacabum (0.09)Camellia sinensis (0.27)Ophiopogon japonicas (0.11)
Allium cepa (0.28)Carica papaya (0.08)Morinda citrifolia (0.25)Alisma plantago-aquatica (0.09)
Phyllanthus emblica (0.25)Aloe vera (0.23)Prunella vulgaris (0.08)
Allium sativum (0.24)Apium graveolens (0.19)Lysimachia christinae (0.05)
Citrus aurantifolia (0.24)Rhizophora mucronata (0.19)
Momordica charantia (0.23)Vangueria madagascariensis (0.19)
Trigonella foenum-graecum (0.23)Tamarindus indica (0.18)
Azadirachta indica (0.21)Brassica oleracea (0.17)
Citrus maxima (0.20)Crataegus laevigata (0.17)
Avena sativa (0.19)Moringa oleifera (0.16)
Syzygium cumini (0.19)Petroselinum crispum (0.16)
Mangifera indica (0.17)Cynara cardunculus (0.15)
Psidium guajava (0.17)Cucurbita maxima (0.14)
Sigesbeckia orientalis (0.17)Rubus alceifolius (0.14)
Linum usitatissimum (0.16)Ananas comosus (0.13)
Bidens pilosa (0.14)Olea europaea (0.13)
Lagenaria siceraria (0.14)Cocos nucifera (0.12)
Murraya koenigii (0.09)Cucumis sativus (0.12)
Annona muricata (0.07)Coriandrum sativum (0.11)
Luffa acutangula (0.11)
Persea americana (0.11)
Aphloia theiformis (0.10)
Graptophyllum pictum (0.10)
Artocarpus heterophyllus (0.08)
Catharanthus roseus (0.08)
Eucalyptus globules (0.08)
Aloysia citriodora (0.07)

Animal
species
Anguilla japonica (0.02)Salmo salar (0.08)Rattus rattus (0.02)
Apis mellifera (0.03)
Tenrec ecaudatus (0.03)
Helix aspersa (0.02)
Periplaneta americana (0.02)