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Table 3 The distribution of patients based on their disease

From: Herbal medicine use by surgery patients in Hungary: a descriptive study

Disease

The frequency of disease (n = 390 and %)

Not using herbal medication (n = 362 and %)

Using herbal medication

In the last two weeks (n = 14)

Before the last two weeks (n = 14)

Total (n = 28 and %)

Inflammation

32 (8.2 %)

31 (7.9 %)

1

0

1 (0.3 %)

Tumours

202 (51.8 %)

187 (47.9 %)

9

6

15 (3.8 %)

Endocrine

13 (3.3 %)

12 (3.1 %)

0

1

1 (0.3 %)

Other

118 (30.3 %)

110 (28.2 %)

4

4

8 (2.1 %)

Unknown

25 (6.4 %)

22 (5.6 %)

0

3

3 (0.8 %)