Requesting for your valuable opinion or related paper/s on factors determining consumption of herbal products.
Herbal product hereby refers to processed end products of the medicinal plants available in the market for consumption targeting end consumers.
I believe that knowledge, perception, access and cost are the main determinants for the consumption of herbal products
Availability and local knowledge of use. See Kristensen and Lykke (2003).
In my experience(3rd yr Herbalist student), taste has a large bearing on whether someone will consume herbal products. Most will prefer a capsule or pill over a tea or extract.
El hecho de ser de más bajos costos que productos farmacéuticos. También sus efectos son menos riesgosos si se está asesorado por especialistas.
Aspectos culturales y nuevas tendencias hacia lo natural insiden también en su mayor preferencia
Hello,
You can as well look at the following relevant articles for your answers
Best.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10900-014-9937-4
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874114008757
Safety, quality and efficacy of herbal products should also be considered, but people usually looking for availability and cost with efficacy of this medicinal plant products with many other factors.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730727/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321586759_Green_Product_and_Consumer_Behavior_An_Analytical_Study
Also the cultural orientation may affect the consumption of herbal products
Dear Gandhiv,
You may also refer to this paper:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/qhw.v11.29667?scroll=top&needAccess=true
You may also consider the case of media advertisement of herbal products
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