Table 3.
Reasons for use
| Used any complementary medicine products | Type of complementary medicine product | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Used dietary supplements | Used herbal medicine | |||
| Cases n (%)* | Cases n (%)* | Cases n (%)* | ||
| Reasons | ||||
| Stay healthy | 201 (60.2) | 198 (64.3) | 31 (23.3) | |
| Support immunity | 198 (59.3) | 187 (60.7) | 46 (34.6) | |
| Help the baby grow healthy | 166 (49.7) | 156 (50.6) | 32 (24.1) | |
| Increase breastmilk | 159 (47.6) | 112 (36.4) | 94 (70.7) | |
| Support diet | 68 (20.4) | 65 (21.1) | 8 (6.0) | |
| Other | 41 (12.3) | 28 (9.1) | 14 (10.5) | |
* The column does not add up to 100% because mothers were allowed to select multiple answers