Among those who had used therapies of the first type, involving the intake of substances, the highest proportion had taken Chinese herbal medicines (44 %), followed by health foods (24 %), macrobiotic foods, other herbal medicines, and aromatherapy.
就第一類物質的攝入而言，以吃中藥的比例最高（百分之四十四），其次為健康食品（百分之二十四）、生機飲食、草藥、芳香療法等。