Complementary Treatment of the Common Cold and Flu with Medicinal Plants – Results from Two Samples of Pharmacy Customers in Estonia.docVIP

ComplementaryTreatmentoftheCommonColdandFlu withMedicinalPlants–ResultsfromTwoSamplesof PharmacyCustomersinEstonia AinRaal1,DaisyVolmer1,RenataSo?ukand2*,SofiaHratkevitsˇ1,RaivoKalle2 1DepartmentofPharmacy,UniversityofTartu,Tartu,Estonia,2EstonianLiteraryMuseum,Tartu,Estonia Abstract The aim of the current survey was to investigate the complementary self-treatment of the common cold and flu with medicinal plants among pharmacy customers in Estonia. A multiple-choice questionnaire listing 10 plants and posing questionsontheperceivedcharacteristicsofcoldandflu,theeffectivenessofplants,help-see