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What is Herbal Tea?

Herbal teas can be made with fresh or dried flowers, leaves, seeds or roots, generally by pouring boiling water over the plant parts and letting them steep for a few minutes. Many companies produce herbal tea bags for such infusions.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 22 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Anxious mood 8 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 7 0
Insomnia 3 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Increase effect of another treatment 2 0
Bowel irritability 2 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 50 patients currently taking Herbal Tea

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 8

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Herbal Tea (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 1   Expense: 33%
Other 1   Other: 33%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Herbal Tea

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Herbal Tea

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Herbal Tea

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Herbal Tea

Always
 1 11%
Usually
 3 33%
Sometimes
 4 44%
Never
 1 11%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Herbal Tea

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 11%
A little
 1 11%
Not at all
 7 78%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Herbal Tea

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 7 100%

Report created on May 27, 2012.