The importance of herbal medicine use in the German health-care system: prevalence, usage pattern, and influencing factors

Table 3 Frequency table on indications for using HM and perceived helpfulness

INDICATIONS	N	%	PERCEIVED HELPFULNESS (%)
			Not at all	Somewhat	A great deal
Common cold/flu infection	1441	65.8	2.3	56.8	40.9
Respiratory problems	1355	61.8	2.4	49.4	48.2
Gastrointestinal diseases	1048	47.8	2.0	44.8	53.2
Sleeping disturbances	655	29.9	15.7	53.4	30.9
Anxiety/restlessness	500	22.8	13.6	54.4	32.0
Insect bites/itching	437	19.9	3.9	33.9	62.2
Headaches/migraines	386	17.6	10.9	54.4	34.7
Musculoskeletal problems	353	16.1	12.8	60.6	26.6
Back/neck pain	348	15.9	12.4	58.9	28.7
Bruises/sprains	342	15.6	5.8	46.2	48.0
Chronic pain	334	15.2	10.2	62.0	27.8
Gynaecological/urological problems	311	14.2	7.1	48.2	44.7
Dermatosis	293	13.4	9.9	48.5	41.6
Allergies/hay fever	218	9.9	17.0	48.6	34.4
Depression	185	8.4	24.9	51.9	23.2
Blood pressure problems	169	7.0	14.2	59.2	26.6
Cardiovascular diseases	144	6.6	8.3	56.3	35.4
High cholesterol	89	4.1	18.0	57.3	24.7
Mental function	86	3.9	18.6	51.2	30.2
Tinnitus	68	3.1	52.9	33.8	13.3
Asthma	63	2.9	23.8	49.2	27.0
Diabetes	54	2.5	22.2	61.1	16.7
Cancer	33	1.5	24.2	45.5	30.3

N = 2192 (group of HM users in the last 12 months, see Table 1); multiple answers allowed

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