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What is Chinese Herbs?

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) a variety of herbs are used to "balance" the five elements of the body. These may be taken as a tablet, powder, or applied as a topical paste or cream.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 19 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 14 3 Efficacy_slight
Other 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 2 0
Energy level 2 0
Voice changes 2 0

See all 30 patients currently taking Chinese Herbs

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 14

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Chinese Herbs

Bad taste in mouth 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Chinese Herbs. See all 16 dosages ►

  daily 20 g weekly 3 tps. daily 8 mg daily 24 other daily 150 mg daily 500 mg daily 500 mL daily 600 mL daily 750 mg daily
  9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Chinese Herbs (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 8   Other: 38%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 24%
Expense 4   Expense: 19%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 19%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 10%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 5%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 5%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 5%

See all 21 patients who’ve stopped taking Chinese Herbs

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

Currently Taking Chinese Herbs

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Stopped Taking Chinese Herbs

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Chinese Herbs

Always
 8 53%
Usually
 7 47%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Chinese Herbs

Very
 1 7%
Somewhat
 6 40%
A little
 2 13%
Not at all
 6 40%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Chinese Herbs

$200+
 3 30%
$100-199
 1 10%
$50-99
 4 40%
$25-49
 2 20%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 27, 2012.