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Persons who reported using a first herbal supplement to treat a specific disease or health problem were asked follow-up questions about combining the herbal supplement with conventional medical treatment:

• Got no conventional treatment for 1st herbal supplement condition treated (HER1TNOCONV)

• Got counseling for 1st herbal supplement condition treated (HER1COUN)

• Got nonprescription meds for 1st herbal supplement condition treated (HER1NPMED)

• Got prescription meds for 1st herbal supplement condition treated (HER1PMED)

• Got physical therapy for 1st herbal supplement condition treated (HER1PT)

• Got surgery for 1st herbal supplement condition treated (HER1SURG)

Persons who had used their first herbal supplement to treat a specific disease or problem were also asked what the condition was. There are 116 variables for specific conditions that respondents could indicate were treated with an herbal supplement: 57 for adults only, 29 for children only, and 30 for both children and adults.

Sample adults only could indicate that they used a first herbal supplement to treat:

• excessive alcohol or tobacco use (HER1TALCTOB)

• angina (HER1TANGINA)

• back pain or problem (HER1TBACPAIN)

• bipolar disorder (HER1TBIPOL)

• birth defect (HER1TBIRTHD)

• anemia and blood disorders--adults (HER1TBLOOD)

• chronic bronchitis (HER1TCBRON)

• cholesterol (HER1TCHOL)

• coronary heart disease (HER1TCORON)

• other nerve damage, including carpal tunnel syndrome (HER1TCTS)

• benign tumors or cysts (HER1TCYST)

• dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (HER1TDEMENT)

• dental pain (HER1TDENPAIN)

• emphysema (HER1TEMPH)

• excessive sleepiness during the day (HER1TESLEEPY)

• fibromyalgia (HER1TFIBRO)

• fracture, bone or joint injury (HER1TFRACT)

• gout (HER1TGOUT)

• gynecologic problem (HER1TGYN)

• heart attack (HER1THATT)

• hernia (HER1THERN)

• hypertension (HER1THYPER)

• inflammatory bowel disease (HER1TINFB)

• stomach or intestinal illness (HER1TINTEST)

• irritable bowel (HER1TIRRB)

• jaw pain (HER1TJAWPAIN)

• joint pain or stiffness/other joint condition (HER1TJNTPAIN)

• weak or failing kidneys (HER1TKIDNEY)

• poor circulation in legs (HER1TLCIRC)

• liver problem (HER1TLIVER)

• lupus (HER1TLUPUS)

• mania or psychosis (HER1TMANIA)

• memory loss or loss of other cognitive function (HER1TMEMLOS)

• menopause (HER1TMENOP)

• missing limbs (fingers, toes or digits), amputee (HER1TMLIMB)

• neck pain or problem (HER1TNECPAIN)

• circulation problems (other than in the legs) (HER1TNLCIRC)

• other allergies--adults (HER1TOALLA)

• other heart condition or disease (HER1TOHART)

• other infectious diseases (HER1TOINF)

• other injury (HER1TOINJ)

• knee problems (not arthritis, not joint injury) (HER1TOKNEE)

• osteoporosis, tendinitis (HER1TOSTEO)

• polio (myelitis), paralysis, para/quadriplegia (HER1TPOLIO)

• prostate trouble or impotence (HER1TPROST)

• Rheumatoid arthritis (HER1TRHEUM)

• schizophrenia (HER1TSCHIZ)

• senility (HER1TSENILE)

• skin problems--adults (HER1TSKINA)

• sprain or strain (HER1TSPRAIN)

• stress (HER1TSTRESS)

• stroke (HER1TSTROKE)

• substance abuse, other than alcohol or tobacco (HER1TSUBST)

• ulcer (HER1TULCER)

• varicose veins, hemorrhoids (HER1TVEIN)

• other condition (HER1TOTH2, HER1TOTH3)

Persons responding for sample children could indicate that the child had used a first herbal supplement to treat:

• abdominal pain (HER1TABDOM)

• acne (HER1TACNE)

• anemia -- children (HER1TANEMC)

• back or neck pain (HER1TBNPAIN)

• colitis (HER1TCOLIT)

• congenital heart disease (HER1TCONGHD)

• Down syndrome (HER1TDOWN)

• ear infections (HER1TEARINF)

• eczema or skin allergy (HER1TECZEM)

• allergy to food (HER1TFALL)

• fatigue (HER1TFATIG)

• fever (HER1TFEVER)

• cystic fibrosis (HER1TFIBROS)

• incontinence (HER1TINCON)

• muscular dystrophy (HER1TMUSCD)

• neurological problems (HER1TNEUROL)

• other allergies -- children (HER1TOALLC)

• other heart conditions -- children (HER1TOHARTC)

• other chronic pain (HER1TOTHPAIN)

• cerebral palsy (HER1TPALSY)

• chicken pox (HER1TPOX)

• respiratory allergy (HER1TRALL)

• sickle cell anemia (HER1TSICKL)

• other skin problems--children (HER1TSKINC)

• non-strep sore throat (HER1TSORET)

• stammering or stuttering (HER1TSTAM)

• strep throat or tonsillitis (HER1TSTREP)

• nausea or vomiting (HER1TVOMIT)

• warts (HER1TWART)

For both sample adults and sample children, respondents could indicate use of a first herbal supplement to treat:

• attention deficit disorder (HER1TADD)

• anxiety (HER1TANX)

• arthritis (HER1TARTH)

• asthma (HER1TASTH)

• autism (HER1TAUT)

• cancer (HER1TCANC)

• head or chest cold (HER1TCOLD)

• constipation needing medication (HER1TCONST)

• depression (HER1TDEPRES)

• diabetes (HER1TDIAB)

• influenza or pneumonia (HER1TFLU)

• gum disease (HER1TGUM)

• hay fever (HER1THAY)

• hearing problem (HER1THEAR)

• insomnia (HER1TINSOM)

• menstrual problems (HER1TMENST)

• migraine or severe headache (HER1TMIG)

• other developmental problem (HER1TODD)

• other lung or breathing problem (HER1TOLUNG)

• other musculoskeletal problem (HER1TOMUSC)

• phobias (HER1TPHOBIA)

• acid reflux (HER1TREFLUX)

• regular headaches (HER1TREGHEAD)

• mental retardation (HER1TRET)

• seizures (HER1TSEIZ)

• sinusitis (HER1TSINUS)

• urinary problem (HER1TURIN)

• vision problem (HER1TVISION)

• weight problem (HER1TWEIGHT)

• other (HER1TOTH1)

The aforementioned variables indicating which conditions respondents treated via a first herbal supplement provide a "yes" or "no" response for each condition. Analysts interested in the conditions that a first herbal supplement was used to treat may wish to consult the following summary variables, as well:

• Condition for which 1st herbal supplement was taken to treat most (HER1TCONMOST)

• Condition count for 1st herbal supplement used to treat a condition (HER1TCONNO)

Researchers may also be interested in the following related variables:

• Took 2nd herbal supplement to treat specific health problem (HER2TREAT)

• Took 1st vitamin supplement to treat specific health problem (VIT1TREAT)

• Took 2nd vitamin supplement to treat specific health problem (VIT2TREAT)

• Took 1st herbal supplement to prevent specific health problem (HER1PREV)

• Took 2nd herbal supplement to prevent specific health problem (HER2PREV)

• Took 1st vitamin supplement to prevent specific health problem (VIT1PREV)

• Took 2nd vitamin supplement to prevent specific health problem (VIT2PREV

• Took herbal supplements to treat specific health problem, past 12 months (HERYTREAT)

• Took vitamins or minerals to treat specific health problem, past 12 months (VITYTREAT)