A Review on Antihypertension Drug on Herbal Plants

Abstract

The use of alternative therapies, herbs, and supplements occurs at a very high rate among patients attending a variety of health care settings. Such therapy may cause significant interactions or effects on hypertension and other cardiovascular disorders and needs to be considered by clinicians. In this brief review, we highlight several commonly used alternative therapies that may have a clinical impact in the hypertensive patient. Several problems hinder our complete awareness of these effects .These problems include patients not informing physicians about alternative treatment from the herbal use, which may occur the lack of constituents with specific scientific standards for the bioactivity and bioequivalence of many herbals or supplements, and the multiple names that each bioactive substance show a therapeutic effect under a given mechanism of each drug which effect the body with a particular dose. regarding herbals therapies in the hypertension clinic it show the therapeutic effect which may increase the activity. Therefore herbal drugs including garlic, and licorice all may cause important consequences in the hypertensive patient. Added care is needed in monitoring the use and effects of herbal and alternative therapies in the hypertensive population.