Table 4 Frequency of herbal medicines used to treat anxiety symptoms and who prescribed each medicine
From: Herbal medicine use behaviour in Australian adults who experience anxiety: a descriptive study
Herbal medicine | Use in previous 12 months (N = 400) | Current usea | Who prescribed % (n) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (n) | % (n) | Self-prescribed | Herbal medicine practitioner | Medical doctor/psychiatrist | Shop assistant | Pharmacist | Other CAM | Other | |
Bacopa | 2 (8) | 62.5 (5) | 35.7 (5) | 7.1 (1) | 7.1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 50 (7) |
Chamomile | 43 (172) | 65.1 (112) | 68 (119) | 15.4 (27) | 1.7 (3) | 4 (7) | 2.9 (5) | 3.4 (6) | 4.6 (8) |
Ginkgo | 13.8 (55) | 47.3 (26) | 42.2 (27) | 31.3 (20) | 3.1 (2) | 3.1 (2) | 0 (0) | 3.1 (2) | 17.2 (11) |
Ginsengb | 19.5 (78) | 50 (39) | 37.1 (33) | 28.1 (25) | 3.4 (3) | 5.6 (5) | 3.4 (3) | 3.4 (3) | 19.1 (17) |
Gotu kola | 1.5 (6) | 83.3 (5) | 8.7 (2) | 17.4 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 73.9 (17) |
Kava | 3.5 (14) | 42.9 (6) | 16.7 (5) | 20 (6) | 6.7 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 56.7 (17) |
Lavender | 32.5 (130) | 60.8 (79) | 58.6 (82) | 12.9 (18) | 5 (7) | 4.3 (6) | 1.4 (2) | 2.1 (3) | 15.7 (22) |
Lemon balm | 8.3 (33) | 57.6 (19) | 32.7 (16) | 22.4 (11) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4.1 (2) | 38.8 (19) |
Liquorice | 11 (44) | 43.2 (19) | 50.8 (30) | 6.8 (4) | 3.4 (2) | 5.1 (3) | 5.1 (3) | 1.7 (1) | 27.1 (16) |
Oats | 15.5 (62) | 59.7 (37) | 55.1 (43) | 5.1 (4) | 5.1 (4) | 7.7 (6) | 0 (0) | 3.8 (3) | 23.1 (18) |
Passionflower | 7 (28) | 60.7 (17) | 29.4 (15) | 15.7 (8) | 7.8 (4) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 45.1 (23) |
Rhodiola | 3 (12) | 58.3 (7) | 10.8 (4) | 16.2 (6) | 2.7 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2.7 (1) | 67.6 (25) |
Skullcap | 2 (8) | 37.5 (3) | 9.4 (3) | 6.3 (2) | 6.3 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3.1 (1) | 72 (24) |
St John’s wort | 19.3 (77) | 39 (30) | 36 (36) | 23 (23) | 4 (4) | 6 (6) | 6 (6) | 2 (2) | 23 (23) |
Valerian | 20.8 (83) | 45.8 (38) | 45.7 (48) | 13.3 (14) | 7.6 (8) | 5.7 (6) | 1.9 (2) | 1.9 (2) | 23.8 (25) |
Withania | 2.5 (10) | 60 (6) | 11.4 (4) | 11.4 (4) | 0 (0) | 2.9 (1) | 0 (0) | 2.9 (1) | 71.4 (25) |
Zizyphus | 1.5 (6) | 83.3 (5) | 9.7 (3) | 9.7 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 80.6 (25) |
Other | 19.8 (79) | 40 (32) | 26.9 (28) | 8.7 (9) | 9.6 (10) | 3.8 (4) | 0 (0) | 3.8 (4) | 47.1 (49) |