Herbal treatment of hypertension: Literature review

Abstract

Hypertension becomes the main reason behind various deaths. About twenty percent of the American population are suffering from hypertension & 1/3 of these Americans are unaware that they are hypertensive. Consequently, hypertension is sometimes known as a silent killer as well. Hypertension is mostly without any symptoms till the destructive consequences of high blood pressure like myocardial infarction, stroke, renal disorders & visual issues detected. It’s a major risk factor that describes the heart attacks and coronary artery disease which sometimes need coronary artery bypass surgery High blood is defined as constantly high bp increasing from 140/90 mmHG or even more than this, nowadays it’s a very common problem faced by almost everyone & almost billions of dollars are consumed every year to investigate the cardiovascular ailments and may dollars are utilized for their medication as well Because high blood pressure majorly causes cardiovascular & cerebrovascular ailments. Recently, Traditional medicine has managed little to decrease the patient ratio with this dangerous ailment. Natural remedies provide very useful ways to reduce the increasing patient ratio with hypertension. Taking Supplements such as, magnesium, omega3 fatty acids, CoQ10, potassium, amino acids & taurine, and vitamins C and E have been efficiently utilized in dealing with cardiovascular ailments involving hypertension. And these above-mentioned natural herbs prove to be effective against blood pressure and other cardiovascular ailments. This review highlight the herbs proved scientifically for the treatment of hypertension.