Table 4.
Perception of herbal medicines’ (HMs) safety and effectiveness and their adverse effect management
| Frequency | % | |
| Perception of effectiveness | ||
| Effective | 899 | 83.6 |
| Ineffective | 176 | 16.4 |
| Perception of safety | ||
| Safe | 464 | 42.7 |
| Unsafe | 623 | 57.3 |
| Observed adverse effect | ||
| None | 566 | 52.7 |
| Abdominal discomfort | 150 | 14.0 |
| Nausea and vomiting | 201 | 18.7 |
| Headache | 82 | 7.6 |
| Stooling | 62 | 5.8 |
| Generalised body weakness | 14 | 1.3 |
| Management of adverse effect | ||
| Rest and becomes self-limiting | 219 | 42.5 |
| Visit the hospital | 129 | 25.0 |
| Take orthodox medicine | 111 | 21.6 |
| Take another HM | 56 | 10.9 |