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Diabetes and constipation are related as they are both frequently treated conditions in the Quitexe municipality, sharing identical citation frequencies of 5.63% [1], equal Medicinal Capability Index values of 0.113 [2], and are both addressed by 8 distinct plant species [3].
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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.