A Study on Awareness of Medicinal Plants and Utilization of Pain Relief Products

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate and analyze the lifestyle of modern people and the awareness, knowledge, and use status of medicinal plants for pain relief according to body parts. The subjects of the study were 400 men and women in their 20s and 60s or less in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. Data analysis was performed by calculating and analyzing descriptive statistics, factor analysis, and Cronbach's α using the SPSS statistical package 21.0 version, and cross-analysis and t-test were performed. As a result of the study, interest and preference for medicinal plants with pain relief effects were high, but awareness that medicinal plants are effective for pain was found to be insufficient. In addition, it was studied that products using medicinal plants did not have various purchase paths and lacked product diversity. Therefore, it can be said that it has a meaning as a study in a positive aspect that is contrary to the previous researchers on the perception of the use of medicinal plants. This study is expected to be used as basic data for the development of the beauty industry and the product industry using medicinal plants if products that help relieve pain are developed using medicinal plants.