Ethnomedicinal Knowledge of Plants Used in Nonconventional Medicine in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Table 3

Antidiabetic recipes that use two herbs in combination.

N°	Taxon 1	Taxon 2	No recipe	PU-ratio	Preparation	D.T. (D)	FCR
1	Chromolaena corymbosa^X	Dioscorea dumetorum^X	R81	F-F (1 ÷ 2)	Decoction	30	3.1
2	Senna alata^X	Alchornea cordifolia^Y	R82	F-R (1 ÷ 1)	Maceration	45	3.7
3	Morinda lucida^Y	Nauclea latifolia^Y	R83	F-R (2 ÷ 1)	Infusion	30	2.5
4	Platymitra arborea^Y	Schwenckia americana^Y	R84	R-R (1 ÷ 1)	Decoction	45	3.7
5	Albizia adianthifolia^W	Annona senegalensis^W	R85	F-R (2 ÷ 1)	Decoction	45	4.6
6	Garcinia kola^V	Gymnanthemum amygdalinum^V	R86	F-F (2 ÷ 1)	Decoction	45	1.8

PU-ratio: part used and proportion of the mixture; F: leaf; R: root; D.T.: duration of treatment; D: day; the F_CR is expressed in % (n = 326); N° recipe = antidiabetic recipe.