Complementary health: Americans spend billions on herbal supplements, acupuncture and other approaches

Americans spent $30.2 billion-$28.3 billion for adults and $1.9 billion for children-out-of-pocket on complementary health approaches, according to a nationwide survey. These approaches include a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products such as herbal supplements, meditation, chiropractic, and yoga. This amount represents 9.2 percent of all out-of-pocket spending by Americans ["]