In total we visited 84 traditional herbal shops and 50 of them responded to our questions. The gender of 96% of the informants was male. In terms of education 50% of them had high school diploma, 36% had academic education and 12% were under diploma and one informant did not answer this question. In total, 70% of informants claimed that they gained their knowledge from their own experience and their past generations and 30% from traditional medicine books. The range of herbal healers' ages was between 26 and 70, 50% of whom are under 40.
between26and70,50%ofwhomareunder40.