From: Herbal medicine use by surgery patients in Hungary: a descriptive study
Disease | The frequency of disease (n = 390 and %) | Not using herbal medication (n = 362 and %) | Using herbal medication | ||
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In the last two weeks (n = 14) | Before the last two weeks (n = 14) | Total (n = 28 and %) | |||
Inflammation | 32 (8.2 %) | 31 (7.9 %) | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.3 %) |
Tumours | 202 (51.8 %) | 187 (47.9 %) | 9 | 6 | 15 (3.8 %) |
Endocrine | 13 (3.3 %) | 12 (3.1 %) | 0 | 1 | 1 (0.3 %) |
Other | 118 (30.3 %) | 110 (28.2 %) | 4 | 4 | 8 (2.1 %) |
Unknown | 25 (6.4 %) | 22 (5.6 %) | 0 | 3 | 3 (0.8 %) |