Table 1.
The prevalence of herbs or herbal compounds found in the systematic review
| Variable |
Patients, n = 936 (%) |
| Number of herbs per case | |
| One | 823 (87.9) |
| Two | 87 (9.2) |
| Three | 17 (1.8) |
| Four | 9 (0.9) |
| Herbs | 1084 (100) |
| He-Shou-Wu | 91 (8.3) |
| Green tea extract | 90 (8.3) |
| Herbalife | 64 (5.9) |
| Kava kava | 62 (5.7) |
| Greater celandine | 48 (4.4) |
| Multiple herbs | 38 (3.5) |
| Germander | 35 (3.2) |
| Hydroxycut | 35 (3.2) |
| Skullcap | 35 (3.2) |
| Kratom | 33 (3.0) |
| Gynura segetum | 29 (2.6) |
| Garcinia cambogia | 29 (2.6) |
| Ma huang | 27 (2.4) |
| Chaparral | 26 (2.4) |
| Senna | 25 (2.3) |
| Aloe vera | 22 (2.0) |
| Jin Bu Huan | 19 (1.7) |
| Oxyelite | 17 (1.5) |
| Valerian | 16 (1.4) |
| Red Yeast Rice | 16 (1.4) |
| Black Cohosh | 15 (1.3) |
| Noni | 14 (1.2) |
| Senecio | 14 (1.2) |
| Turmeric | 13 (1.2) |
| Dictamnus dasycarpus | 12 (1.1) |
| No-xplode | 12 (1.1) |
| St. John’s Wort | 12 (1.1) |
| Black catechu | 11 (1) |
| LipoKinetix | 11 (1) |
| Others | 159 (14.6) |
| Ginseng | 10 (6.2) |
| Pennyroyal oil | 9 (5.6) |
| Cascara-Sagrada | 9 (5.6) |
| Ashwagandha | 9 (5.6) |
| Atractylis gummifera | 8 (5) |
| Comfrey | 8 (5) |
| Psoralea corylifolia | 8 (5) |
| Field Horsetail | 7 (4.4) |
| Citrus aurantium | 7 (4.4) |
| Equinácea | 6 (3.7) |
| Heliotropium | 5 (3.1) |
| Saw palmetto | 5 (3.1) |
| Syo-saiko-to | 5 (3.1) |
| Ba Jiao Lian | 4 (2.5) |
| Crotalaria | 3 (1.8) |
| Impila | 3 (1.8) |
| Mistletoe | 3 (1.8) |
| Erva-mate | 3 (1.8) |
| Kombucha tea | 3 (1.8) |
| Soy isoflavones | 3 (1.8) |
| Centella asiática | 3 (1.8) |
| Red Bush tea | 3 (1.8) |
| Milk thistle | 3 (1.8) |
| Mentha piperita | 2 (1.2) |
| Tussilago farfara | 2 (1.2) |
| Aesculus hippocastanum | 2 (1.2) |
| Tinospora crispa | 2 (1.2) |
| Malva | 2 (1.2) |
| Margosa oil | 2 (1.2) |
| Nerium oleander | 1 (0.6) |
| Chinese Herbal Medicine | 1 (0.6) |
| Maya nut | 1 (0.6) |
| Eucalyptus globulus | 1 (0.6) |
| Pelargonium sidoides | 1 (0.6) |
| Lesser celandine | 1 (0.6) |
| Kudzu root extract | 1 (0.6) |
| Grifola frondosa | 1 (0.6) |
| Adenostyles alliariae | 1 (0.6) |
| Argemone Mexicana | 1 (0.6) |
| Willow bark tea | 1 (0.6) |
| Pioscoreae rhizome | 1 (0.6) |
| Green coffee | 1 (0.6) |
| Chamomile | 1 (0.6) |
| Chaga tea | 1 (0.6) |
| Yang ti cao | 1 (0.6) |
| Orthosiphon aristatus | 1 (0.6) |
| Solanum nigrum | 1 (0.6) |
| Mango | 1 (0.6) |
| Isabgol | 1 (0.6) |
| Unknown | 54 (4.9) |