Table 1.

Usage of Botanical Supplements by HANDLS Study Participants

Botanical	%
Garlic (Allium sativum)	21
Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum)	16
Gingko (Gingko biloba)	16
Glucoamine chondroitin	11
Milk thistle (Silybum marianum)	11
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)	11
Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)	9
Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)	9
Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemose and Actaea racemose)	7
Ginseng (Panex ginseng)	7
Turmeric (Curcuma domestica)	7
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)	5
Fiber	5
Hawthorn berry (Crataegus species)	5
Saw palmetto (Sabal serrulatum)	5

Only single botanicals used by ≥5% of the study population are reported.

HANDLS, Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span.