Table 4. Type of herbal medicine and professional recommendation to use herbal medicine among respondents who used herbal medicine used for mental health problems in the past 12 months in community-based surveys in Japan and the U.S.
| Users, n (%)† | ||
|---|---|---|
|
| ||
| Japan (n=16) | U.S. (n=345) | |
| Type of herbal medicine | ||
| Chamomile | 5(33.9) | 130(38.4) |
| Kava | 3(17.8) | 70(20.5) |
| Lavender | 2(11.3) | 43(12.7) |
| St. John's wort | 4(25.4) | 210(61.6) |
| Valerian | 1(5.2) | 50(14.7) |
| Chasteberry | - | 4(1.2) |
| Black Cohosh | - | 17(5.1) |
| Other | 8(52.9) | 99(29.0) |
| Professional recommendation | 8(52.3) | 73(21.4) |
| (if yes) what kind of professional: | ||
| Psychiatrist | 1(4.9) | - |
| Family doctor | 1(4.6) | 20(5.9) |
| Other medical doctor | - | 11(3.1) |
| Psychologist | - | 8(2.3) |
| Social worker | - | - |
| Counselor | - | 1(0.3) |
| Other mental health professional | - | 1(0.3) |
| Other health professional | 1(5.2) | 5(1.6) |
| Religious or spiritual advisor | - | 6(1.7) |
| Other alternative provider | - | 15(4.5) |
| Other | 6(37.6) | 14(4.1) |
†
Samples were weighted to adjust for differential probabilities of selection and post-stratified to match the population distributions on the cross-classification for sex and age. The percentage indicates proportion of HM users for each category among the total HM users in each country
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no cases.