Herbalism

Herbalism refers to folk and traditional medicinal practice based on the use of plants and plant extracts. Herbalism is also known as phytotherapy.

Popularity

A survey released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine focused on who used complementary and alternative medicines (CAM), what was used, and why it was used. The survey was limited to adults age 18 years and over during 2002 living in the United States. According to this recent survey, herbal therapy, or use of natural products other than vitamins and minerals, was the most commonly used CAM therapy (18.9%) (http://nccam.nih.gov/news/report.pdf table 1 on page 8) when all use of prayer was excluded.

Related Topics:
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Complementary and alternative medicines - Prayer

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