Table 2 Prescription frequencies of Chinese herbal products (by gender, age and types of herbs), 1997–2003*
Herbal products | Gender | Age (years) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | <12 | 12–18 | 19–34 | 35–59 | 60–75 | ≥76 | |
Any CHPs | 35.4 | 41.8 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 23.6 | 26.5 | 7.2 | 1.6 |
AA-CHPs | 25.9 | 31.6 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 17.6 | 20.6 | 5.6 | 1.2 |
Types of AA herbs included | ||||||||
Xixin | 14.8 | 20.2 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 9.8 | 12.7 | 3.7 | 0.8 |
Madouling | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -- | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -- |
Tianxianteng | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Herbs potentially adulterated by AA herbs | ||||||||
Fangji | 11.5 | 13.6 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 7.6 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 0.6 |
Muxiang | 10.3 | 14.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
Mutong | 10.8 | 14.4 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 2.2 | 0.4 |