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Table 4 Indications for medicinal plant used

From: Ethnic differences in medicinal plant use among University students: a cross-sectional survey of self-reported medicinal plant use at two Midwest Universities

Indications for Medicinal Plant Use

HINU

KU

Total Number Cases

56

115

Health maintenance

60.0 %

90.4 %

Treat a physical condition

42.2 %

45.7 %

Simply like taking it

48.9 %

29.8 %

Traditional reasons

46.7 %

20.2 %

Treat a chronic condition

20.0 %

29.8 %

Alternative to other medicine

37.8 %

19.1 %

Beauty purposes

8.9 %

25.5 %

Increase energy

22.2 %

16.0 %

Other

31.1 %

10.6 %

Spiritual reasons

33.3 %

3.2 %

Weight loss

13.3 %

5.3 %

Treat a mental condition

17.8 %

2.1 %

Sexual purposes

8.9 %

2.1 %

Muscle gain

2.2 %

1.1 %

Missing (cases)

11

21

  1. d Percentage of past-year student users indicating reasons for use of medicinal plants and herbal products. Students could select more than one answer
  2. * All Cases: All (n = 721); HINU (n = 223); KU (n = 498)
  3. ** Valid Cases (Answered ‘yes’ to Q1 & Q2): All (n = 171); HINU (n = 56); KU (n = 115)
  4. Note: of 171 valid cases, only 139 cases (45 HINU; 94 KU) indicated the use of one or more medicinal plants in Part 3 of the survey