Quitexe Municipality ↔ diabetes

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Diabetes is identified as a condition treated by medicinal food plants in the Quitexe Municipality, appearing in frequency citations [1], having a specific Medicinal Capability Index value [2], and being treated by 8 distinct plant species within the region [3].

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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.