An Ethnobotanical Study of Traditional Knowledge and Uses of Medicinal Wild Plants among the Marakwet Community in Kenya

Table 3

Local knowledge of the numbers of indigenous plants used in management of diseases using the indigenous plant species (n = 116).

	Number of plants used (traditional healers)	Weighted knowledge of use index (%)
Disease managed		Frequency
Stomach ache	44	33.5
Diarrhea	46	24.5
Chest problems	12	32.1
Typhoid	29	22.8
Malaria	35	76.4
Diabetes	25	61.2
Pneumonia	13	44.5
Skin rashes	19	34.5
Tetanus	19	45.6
Mumps	18	43.6
Flu	16	32.4
Dental problems	16	23.5
Blood pressure	15	12.3
Arteriosclerosis	15	9.3
Smallpox	11	3.4
Arthritis	13	4.7
Trachoma	9	3.4
Gout	5	2.3
Meningitis	5	4.8
Tuberculosis	3	14.5
Gonorrhea	7	12.5
Backache	3	14.4
Heartburn	10	20.3
Asthma	8	11.4
Rheumatic fever	9	2.4
Average		23.6