Holistic Approaches to Hypertension: Lifestyle Changes and Natural Remedies

Abstract

The worldwide burden of hypertension and its associated cardiovascular diseases have urged researchers to explore for alternative therapies. Together with laboratory studies, field surveys on the documentation of traditional antihypertensive therapies have expanded across the world. However, a compilation and analysis of these field studies has not been done so far. This review aim to document all traditional medicinal plants used globally for the management of hypertension. Lamiaceae were the families with the most used species. The main species were Allium sativum L. Followed by Aristolochia Manshuriensis., Avena Sativa, Apium Graveolens, Camellia Sinensis: Capparis Cartilaginea: Blond Psyllium: Cassiaabsus: Carumcopticum: Cassiaoccidentalis: Coleusforskohlii, Castano spermumaustrale: Commelina Virginica: Crinum Glaucum: Crataegus Pinnatifida: Zingiber Officinale: Triticum Aestivum.

This study is the first of its kind to compile all traditionally used hypotensive medicinal plants across the world. It is recommended that another systematic review be conducted on the biological properties of all identified species in our review to identify those which have been scientifically validated in in vitro, in vivo, and clinical studies before they can be considered as alternative or complementary antihypertensive therapies.

The High blood pressure is also called as Hypertension. Hypertension is that state in which the pressure of the blood of the arteries increases constantly. High blood pressure usually not causes the sign and symptoms. The high blood pressure causes heart diseases like CAD (coronary artery disease), failure of heart, stroke and others include loss of memory called dementia and CKD.