The list of herbal supplements included:

• Androstenedione (HERSPAND)

• Prebiotics or probiotics (HERSPBIOT)

• Carnitine (HERSPCARN)

• Chasteberry (HERSPCHAS)

• Chondroitin (HERSPCHON)

• Conjugated Linolenic Acic (CLA) (HERSPCLA)

• Coenzyme Q-10 (HERSPCOEN)

• Black cohosh (HERSPCOH)

• Comfrey (HERSPCOMF)

• Cranberry (pills, gelcaps) (HERSPCRA)

• Creatine (HERSPCREA)

• DHEA (HERSPDHEA)

• Echinacea (HERSPECH)

• EGCG (pills) (HERSPEGCG)

• Ephedra (HERSPEPH)

• Evening primrose (HERSPEVE)

• Feverfew (HERSPFEV)

• Fiber or psyllium (pills or powder) (HERSPFIB)

• Fish oil or omega 3 or DHA fatty acid supplements (HERSPFISH)

• Flaxseed oil or pills (HERSPFLAX)

• Garlic supplements (pills, gelcaps) (HERSPGAR)

• Ginseng (HERSPGIA)

• Ginger pills or gelcaps (HERSPGIG)

• Ginkgo biloba (HERSPGIK)

• Glucosamine (HERSPGLUC)

• Goldenseal (HERSPGOLD)

• Grape seed extract (HERSPGRA)

• Green tea pills (not brewed tea) (HERSPGTEA)

• Guarana (HERSPGUAR)

• Hawthorn (HERSPHAW)

• Horny goat weed (HERSPHORN)

• St. John wort (HERSPJOH)

• Kava kava (HERSPKAV)

• Lecithin (HERSPLEC)

• Lutein (HERSPLUT)

• Lycopene (HERSPLYCO)

• Melatonin (HERSPMEL)

• Milk thistle (HERSPMIL)

• MSM (Methylsulfonylmethane) (HERSPMSM)

• SAM-e (HERSPSAM)

• Saw palmetto (HERSPSAW)

• Senna (HERSPSEN)

• Soy supplements or soy isoflavones (HERSPSOY)

• Valerian (HERSPVAL)

• Combination herb pill (HERSPCOMBO)

In 2007, sample adults could also report that they had taken an herbal supplement to improve sports performance (HER1SPORT and HER2SPORT). Unlike sample children, however, sample adults were not asked to report which herbs they had taken for this purpose.

The 2007 NHIS also collected information on sample persons' use of vitamin and mineral supplements to improve athletic or sports performance. There are 20 specific vitamin/mineral supplements that respondents could report were used by sample children. See VITSP for more information. For sample adults who used a vitamin or mineral supplement for improved sports performance, see VIT1SPORT and VIT2SPORT.