Table 2.

Complementary medicine products used by mothers during breastfeeding, stratified by type

		n	Percent of participants*	Percent of dietary supplement users*
Dietary supplements
	Vitamin D	194	43.6%	63.0%
	Iron	153	34.4%	49.7%
	Vitamin B12	89	20.0%	28.9%
	Multivitamin/Mineral	78	17.5%	25.3%
	Fish oil/ Omega 3	69	15.5%	22.4%
	Magnesium	58	13.0%	18.8%
	Brewer’s yeast	45	10.1%	14.6%
	Vitamin C	39	8.8%	12.7%
	Calcium	38	8.5%	12.3%
	Folic acid	35	7.9%	11.4%
	Probiotic	29	6.5%	9.4%
	Vitamin B complex	27	6.1%	8.8%
	Zinc	17	3.8%	5.5%
	Bee products	7	1.6%	2.3%
	Other dietary supplements	6	1.3%	1.9%
	Iodine	5	1.1%	1.6%
	Sambucol	4	0.9%	1.3%
	Selenium	3	0.7%	1.0%
	Lecithin	2	0.4%	0.6%
	Quercetin	1	0.2%	0.3%
	Melatonin	1	0.2%	0.3%
Total		308	100%	100%
Herbal medicine		n	Percent of participants*	Percent of herbal medicine users*
	Fennel	95	21.3%	71.4%
	Garlic	21	4.7%	15.8%
	Ginger	17	3.8%	12.8%
	Fenugreek	16	3.6%	12.0%
	Turmeric	13	2.9%	9.8%
	African violet extract	6	1.3%	4.5%
	Black seed	5	1.1%	3.8%
	Elderberry	4	0.9%	3.0%
	Flaxseed	4	0.9%	3.0%
	Mint tea	3	0.7%	2.3%
	Milk thistle	2	0.4%	1.5%
	Other herbal medicine	2	0.4%	1.5%
	Echinacea	1	0.2%	0.8%
Total		133	100%	100%

*Columns do not add up to %100 due to the selection of multiple answers