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Table 1 Herbal remedy usea among 371 participants

From: The roles of herbal remedies in survival and quality of life among long-term breast cancer survivors - results of a prospective study

 

Number of participants (%)

Used herbal remedy(ies)

217 (58.5)

Among herbal remedy users

 

Echinacea

107 (49.3)

Herbal tea used as a remedy

77 (35.5)

Ginko biloba

70 (32.3)

Ginseng

48 (22.1)

St. John's Wort

47 (21.7)

Garlic

39 (18.0)

Evening primrose oil

26 (12.0)

Dong quai (tong Kwai)

18 (8.3)

Black cohosh

16 (7.4)

Bee Pollen

15 (6.9)

Progesterone topical cream (wild Mexican yam)

15 (6.9)

Valeriana

13 (6.0)

Wild yam root

10 (4.6)

Shark cartilage

9 (4.2)

Licorice root

9 (4.2)

Royal jelly

6 (2.8)

Chaste berries (vitex agnus cactii)

3 (1.4)

Chickweed tincture

2 (0.9)

Sage tea

3 (1.4)

Mother wort

1 (0.5)

Pulsatilla

1 (0.5)

Sepia

1 (0.5)

Sarsaparilla

0

Blue cohosh

0

False unicorn

0

Lachesis

0

Nux vomica

0

Others

35 (16.1)

  1. awithin the past six months of the baseline telephone survey