Analysis on the market recognition of traditional chinese medicine compound with the same origin of liver food and medicine in drinking population in Luzhou city
Objective This study aims to understand the current situation of alcohol consumption a-mong Luzhou residents through an electronic questionnaire survey and to evaluate the market recognition of Chinese medicine utilized for detoxification and hepatoprotection.Methods An electronic questionnaire was developed and used to survey 320 individuals aged 20-60 residing in urban and urban-rural areas of Luzhou from January 1st to December 31st,2022.The main objectives were to investigate alcohol consumption pat-terns in this population and assess their awareness of alcoholic liver disease.Additionally,an evaluation was conducted to determine the market demand for compound Chinese herbal medicine with food and medicine ho-mology.Results 320 valid questionnaires were collected in this survey,with all respondents being ordinary residents of urban and urban-rural areas in Luzhou.There was no significant difference in their demographic characteristics.Among them,158 cases(49.4％)reported long-term alcohol consumption,with 111 patients(70.3％)experiencing post-drinking discomfort symptoms and 51 issues(73.9％)implementing measures to manage it effectively.Additionally,99 cases(89.2％)demonstrated awareness of the detrimental effects asso-ciated with alcoholic liver disease,and 124 patients(78.5％)expressed willingness to receive medication for prevention and treatment,among which traditional Chinese medicine was preferred by 84 cases(67.7％).The primary reasons for not taking proactive measures against alcohol-related issues included concerns about po-tential side effects,the high cost of medications,unpleasant taste experiences,and inconvenience of use.In con-trast,the main reasons for not choosing traditional Chinese medicine were the complexity involved in the prep-aration process,unfavorable taste perceptions,and higher expenses incurred during treatment procedures com-pared to other options available today.Furthermore,out of those individuals at risk of developing alcoholic liv-er disease(112 cases),a majority percentage,amounting to approximately 90.3％,exhibited a strong inclina-tion towards accepting convenient yet affordable homologous Chinese herbal medicine as an effective preven-tive measure or treatment option.Conclusion The residents of Luzhou exhibit a high level of awareness re-garding alcoholic liver disease;however,the existing measures for the prevention and control of post-drinking symptoms and alcoholic liver disease are inadequate.High willingness to use TCM compounds for the preven-tion and treatment of alcoholic liver disease,which are convenient,cheap and homologous to food and medi-cine.
LuzhouCurrent status of alcohol consumptionAlcoholic liver diseaseQuestion-naire surveyTraditional Chinese Medicine CompoundMedicine and food are of the same origin
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