Table 5 Percentage of users for each herbal medicine preparation
From: Herbal medicine use behaviour in Australian adults who experience anxiety: a descriptive study
Herbal medicine | Herbal medicine preparation type % (n)a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tea | Powder | Tablet | Liquid extract | In a formula | Other | |
Bacopa | 21.4 (3) | 0 (0) | 14.3 (2) | 14.3 (2) | 50 (4) | 50 (7) |
Chamomile | 89.7 (157) | 1.7 (3) | 3.4 (6) | 3.4 (6) | 25.6 (44) | 1.7 (3) |
Ginkgo | 32.8 (21) | 7.8 (5) | 37.5 (24) | 7.8 (5) | 56.4 (31) | 14.1 (9) |
Ginseng (Korean or Siberian) | 30.3 (27) | 7.9 (7) | 33.7 (30) | 13.5 (12) | 43.6 (34) | 14.6 (13) |
Gotu kola | 8.7 (2) | 4.3 (1) | 4.3 (1) | 4.3 (1) | 66.7 (4) | 78.3 (18) |
Kava | 16.7 (5) | 6.7 (2) | 16.7 (5) | 3.3 (1) | 35.7 (5) | 56.7 (17) |
Lavender | 20 (28) | 7.9 (11) | 3.6 (5) | 34.3 (48) | 23.8 (31) | 34.3 (48) |
Lemon balm | 44.9 (22) | 6.1 (3) | 4.1 (2) | 12.2 (6) | 42.4 (14) | 32.7 (16) |
Liquorice | 40.9 (18) | 59.1 (26) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 36.4 (16) | 0 (0) |
Oats | 10.3 (8) | 28.2 (22) | 7.7 (6) | 10.3 (8) | 32.3 (20) | 43.6 (34) |
Passionflower | 23.5 (12) | 3.9 (2) | 19.6 (10) | 7.8 (4) | 71.4 (20) | 45.1 (23) |
Rhodiola | 8.1 (3) | 5.4 (2) | 16.2 (6) | 2.7 (1) | 75 (9) | 67.6 (25) |
Skullcap | 9.4 (3) | 3.1 (1) | 3.1 (1) | 6.3 (2) | 62.5 (5) | 78.1 (25) |
St John’s wort | 6 (6) | 1 (1) | 61 (61) | 9 (9) | 33.8 (26) | 23 (23) |
Valerian | 4.8 (5) | 1 (1) | 70.5 (74) | 2.9 (3) | 33.7 (28) | 21 (22) |
Withania | 14.3 (5) | 8.6 (3) | 5.7 (2) | 0 (0) | 60 (6) | 71.4 (25) |
Zizyphus | 3.2 (1) | 0 (0) | 9.7(3) | 3.2 (1) | 66.7 (4) | 83.9 (26) |
Other | 14.4 (15) | 0 (0) | 19.2 (20) | 6.7 (7) | 17.7 (14) | 59.6 (62) |