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The patients who used alternative medicine were not statistically different in gender (p = 0.37), age (p = 0.59), education level (p - 0.83), family income (p = 0.90), or occupation (p = 0.72). Only 36% (64\/176) of patients informed their doctors of their use of alternative medicine. The kinds of alternative medicine used by the 176 patients included: Chinese\/herbal medicine, 169 (96%); acupuncture, 31 (18%); nutritional supplements, 22 (13%); chiropractic, 17 (10%); scratching, 14 (8%); Qigong, 13 (7%); cupping, 13 (7%); and incense ash, 3 (2%). Sixty-six percent (111\/169) of patients used Chinese\/herbal medicine in addition to Western allopathic medicine. Only 11% (19\/169) of them believed that Chinese\/herbal medicine had side effects. Our study indicates the use of alternative medicine occurs across all demographic groups in one-third of patients with chronic liver and gastrointestinal diseases at a major general hospital in Taipei. 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