Poll about Herbal Medicine
1) How often do you use herbs for medicinal purposes
| 32% (8) | 1) All the time | |
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| 48% (12) | 2) Sometimes | |
| 20% (5) | 3) Never |
25 voters have answered this question.
2) How do you decide which herbs to use?
| 41% (10) | 1) I learn about them myself from books | |
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| 33% (8) | 2) I learn about them from the internet | |
| 12% (3) | 3) I learn about them from infomercials | |
| 12% (3) | 4) I learned about herbs from a school that I went to | |
| 12% (3) | 5) Reccomendations from people in stores | |
| 12% (3) | 6) Prescription from Doctor | |
| 33% (8) | 7) Prescription or reccomendation from a nutritionist, naturopath or herbalist. | |
| 4% (1) | 8) Intuition | |
| 16% (4) | 9) I learn about them from my friend/spouse/partner | |
| 25% (6) | 10) Other |
24 voters have answered this question.
3) Do you approve or disapprove of herbal medicine in general?
| 56% (14) | 1) Approve | |
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| 24% (6) | 2) Approve, but you have to be careful | |
| 8% (2) | 3) Don't do them personally but don't care if other people do. | |
| 8% (2) | 4) Disapprove | |
| 4% (1) | 5) Not sure |
25 voters have answered this question.
4) Which of the following is true about herbal medicine? Please choose all that apply.
| 12% (3) | 1) Herbs don't usually work too well | |
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| 60% (15) | 2) Herbs work wonderfully if they are of good quality and used correctly | |
| 12% (3) | 3) Herbs are often dangerous | |
| 60% (15) | 4) Herbs usually have much less side effects than prescription drugs or even over the counter drugs | |
| 28% (7) | 5) Herbs are usually more effective in tincture or liquid extract form | |
| 56% (14) | 6) There are many medicinal herbs that grow in all parts of the world | |
| 60% (15) | 7) Medicinal herbs were used by all people not too long ago | |
| 4% (1) | 8) The best herbs grow in China | |
| 20% (5) | 9) There is no part of the world that has better herbs than other parts | |
| 32% (8) | 10) Since herbs are organic substances, our body knows what to do with them more than prescription drugs | |
| 64% (16) | 11) Pharmaceutical companies would rather keep herbs off the market | |
| 40% (10) | 12) Pharmaceutical companies would like to have more control of herbs |
25 voters have answered this question.
5) Are there many diseases that have been cured by pharmaceutical drugs?
| 54% (13) | 1) Yes | |
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| 8% (2) | 2) A few | |
| 33% (8) | 3) Hardly any. It is more profitable for them to keep something a manageable illness | |
| 4% (1) | 4) Not sure |
24 voters have answered this question.
6) Which of these herbs have you used? You can choose multiple responses.
| 64% (16) | 1) Echinacea | |
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| 32% (8) | 2) Kava Kava | |
| 40% (10) | 3) Goldenseal | |
| 52% (13) | 4) Ginger (for medicinal use) | |
| 60% (15) | 5) Ginseng (any species) | |
| 24% (6) | 6) Nettles/Stinging Nettles | |
| 24% (6) | 7) Hawthorn | |
| 40% (10) | 8) Valerian | |
| 48% (12) | 9) St. Johns Wort | |
| 76% (19) | 10) Aloe Vera | |
| 28% (7) | 11) Yerba Mate | |
| 40% (10) | 12) Marijuana | |
| 16% (4) | 13) Skullcap | |
| 8% (2) | 14) Black Cohosh | |
| 16% (4) | 15) Dong Quai | |
| 24% (6) | 16) Turmeric (for medicinal use) | |
| 8% (2) | 17) Burdock/Gobo (for medicial use) | |
| 24% (6) | 18) Sage (for medicinal use) | |
| 28% (7) | 19) Milk Thistle | |
| 20% (5) | 20) Dandelion (for medicinal use) | |
| 16% (4) | 21) Yerba Santa | |
| 12% (3) | 22) Oregon Grape | |
| 8% (2) | 23) Osha | |
| 12% (3) | 24) Uva Ursi | |
| 36% (9) | 25) Cinnamon (for medicinal use) |
25 voters have answered this question.
7) On average, how effective have the herbs that you have used been.
| 52% (13) | 1) Very effective | |
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| 28% (7) | 2) Somewhat effective | |
| 8% (2) | 3) Not very effective | |
| 12% (3) | 4) Not effective at all | |
| 0% (0) | 5) Not sure |
25 voters have answered this question.
8) Now for those demographic questions. What is your gender
| 68% (17) | 1) Male | |
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| 24% (6) | 2) Female | |
| 4% (1) | 3) Transgendered mtf | |
| 0% (0) | 4) Transgendered ftm | |
| 4% (1) | 5) Both | |
| 0% (0) | 6) Neither | |
| 0% (0) | 7) Unsure |
25 voters have answered this question.
9) What is your ethnicity?
| 64% (16) | 1) White/Caucasian | |
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| 0% (0) | 2) Black/African/African American | |
| 8% (2) | 3) Latino/Hispanic | |
| 4% (1) | 4) Native American | |
| 8% (2) | 5) Asian/Asian American | |
| 0% (0) | 6) Pacific Islander | |
| 8% (2) | 7) Middle Eastern decent | |
| 8% (2) | 8) From outer space |
25 voters have answered this question.
10) Thank you for taking the poll. I'm an "herb nerd" myself. Please post any cool herbal info.
| 16% (4) | 1) Sure. I'm also an herb nerd | |
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| 44% (11) | 2) Well, I'm not really an herb nerd, but I do have some interest in herbalism | |
| 8% (2) | 3) It's all a buncha snake oil | |
| 4% (1) | 4) I'm an herb nerd but I don't have anything to post | |
| 4% (1) | 5) I'm pretty neutral about the whole thing | |
| 16% (4) | 6) I don't do herbs much but I keep an open mind | |
| 8% (2) | 7) Other |
25 voters have answered this question.
