Results from The Hepatitis C Trust Survey on TCM June 2005

81 people out of 180 people who filled in the questionnaire had tried Traditional Chinese Medicine to help their hepatitis C. These were the answers from those 81 people:

67 people found it helpful
2 people found it unhelpful
2 people were unsure if it helped
4 people said it made them worse
5 people said they had a mixed experience

We then asked them how they felt taking Chinese herbs helped them:

36 people said the herbs helped with their well-being
32 people said the herbs helped their digestion
32 said they helped their mental state
26 people said they helped with depression
13 people said they helped with joint pains
9 people said they helped with pains in the liver area
8 people said they helped with headaches
6 people said they helped with nausea
5 people said they helped with night sweats

We also asked people who tried acupuncture or ear acupuncture separately without taking herbs if they felt it had helped their hepatitis C:

The symptoms people found it most helpful for were:

General well being, Fatigue, Depression and Stress.