Complementary and alternative medicine use by visitors to rural Japanese family medicine clinics: results from the international complementary and alternative medicine survey

Table 3 Type of CAM Products used by Individuals

Type of CAM product	Number (%) of products used by respondents*
Other supplement**	82 (31.2%)
Kampo	77 (29.3%)
Energy or nutritional drink	38 (14.4%)
Vitamin	30 (11.4%)
Other Herb	12 (4.6%)
Dropped***	24 (9.1%)

*Denominator is 263, the total number of products listed by respondents.
**Examples of other supplements include calcium, iron, omega 3, and mixtures.
***Reason for dropping: pharmaceutical (n = 11), topical (n = 7), food (n = 2), inadequate information (n = 2), not applicable (n = 2).

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