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These concepts are related as they are both common ailments treated by medicinal plants in the Quitexe municipality [1], [2], [3], and are both addressed by the therapeutic applications of myrtle leaf extracts [4].

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Ethnobotanical study of food plants used in traditional medicine in ... link.springer.com Springer 3 facts

measurementAnaemia is the most frequently addressed condition treated with food plants in the Quitexe municipality (11.97% of citations), followed by cough and fatigue (7.04% each), diarrhoea (7.04%), diabetes and constipation (5.63% each), fever (4.23%), haemorrhoids (3.52%), yellow fever and bronchitis (2.82% each), and malaria, nausea during early pregnancy, flu, erectile dysfunction, and dysentery (2.11% each).

measurementIn the study of 57 medicinal food plants in Quitexe, the Medicinal Capability Index (MCI) values for treating specific ailments were: anaemia (0.239), cough (0.183), diarrhoea (0.155), fatigue (0.141), constipation (0.113), diabetes (0.113), and fever (0.085).

measurementIn the municipality of Quitexe, cough is treated with 13 plant species, diarrhoea with 11 species, fatigue with 10 species, constipation with 8 species, diabetes with 8 species, and fever with 6 species.

Medicinal plants: bioactive compounds, biological activities ... frontiersin.org Frontiers in Immunology 2 facts

claimCocoa seeds are traditionally used for dermal injuries and diarrhea, bush butter tree for tonsillitis, okra leaves for infections, and sweet potato leaves for diabetes and inflammation.

claimThe alcoholic extract of myrtle leaves shows efficacy against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa via electrostatic interactions and is used to address cancer, inflammation, diabetes, ulcers, hypertension, diarrhea, and rheumatism.