What are your reasons for using herbal medicines?

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Effective than conventional medicine

187

46.8%

Base of the kind of sickness experienced

85

21.3%

When conventional medicines fail

138

34.5%

Because it is Safe for pregnancy

81

20.2%

It is cheaper than conventional medicine

16

4.0%

Because the health care center does not attend to my complaints

36

9%

I use it together with conventional medicines

51

12.7%

It is part of our culture to use it

68

17.0%

Because I don’t want to be operated

18

4.5%

Because of the side effects of conventional medicine

19

4.8%

Total

400

100%