Table 3.

Motives behind using herbal medicine during pregnancy, during labor and after delivery

Period	Purpose	Percentage
During pregnancy	I was healthy and wanted to boost or maintain my health	77.2%
	I was ill and I wanted to relieve or cure ailment/illness	22.8%
During labor	To induce labor	21.3%
	To ease or speed up labor	58.0%
	Bleeding-related use	12.2%
	Fetus-related use	5.3%
	Other	3.2%
After delivery	General health	24.7%
	Relieve pain	25.1%
	To clean the womb	33.2%
	To decrease bleeding	2.8%
	To increase lactation	6.5%
	To lose weight	7.7%