Herbal medicine used for the treatment of diarrhea and cough in Kampala city, Uganda

Table 3 Species that are frequently used for diarrhea and cough treatment in Kampala

Plant species	Disease treated	RFC	χ²	p-value	Previous reports on diarrhea and/or cough treatment
Citrus limon	Cough	1.00 REF			[95]
Momordica foetida	Cough	0.98	1.303	0.2537	[96]
Entada abyssinica	Diarrhea	0.97	1.964	0.1611	[56]
Cymbopogon flexuosus	Diarrhea	0.96	2.631	0.1048	[97]
Callistemon citrinus	Cough	0.95	3.305	0.0691	[56, 48]
Conyza pyrrhopappa	Diarrhea	0.95	3.305	0.0691	[98]
Azadirachta indica	Cough	0.87	8.923	0.0028	[99]
Psidium guajava	Cough	0.75	18.047	0.0001	[100]
Mangifera indica	Cough	0.75	18.047	0.0001	[101]
Eucalyptus grandis	Cough	0.74	18.830	0.0001	[49]
Citrus sinensis	Cough	0.71	21.232	0.0001	[49]
Aristolochia littoralis	Diarrhea	0.70	22.068	0.0001	[52]

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