Table 5.

Purpose of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use among Women who Used Specific CAM Domains

	To treat health problem %	To stay healthy %	Both %
Vitamins/nutritional supplements	15.0	36.3	48.7
Special diets	15.5	41.5	42.9
Medicinal herbs/teas	14.2	42.1	43.7
Practices associated with particular culture	43.4	23.2	33.3
Homeopathic remedies	41.4	7.4	51.2
Yoga/meditation/tai ji	8.1	61.8	30.1
Chiropractic	54.0	4.0	42.0
Massage/manual techniques	31.6	33.4	35.0
Energy therapy	40.5	20.6	38.9
Acupuncture	83.9	0.6	15.5
Spirituality/religion/prayer	6.9	28.6	64.5