Medicinal plants useful in people with arterial hypertension: A review

Abstract:

Hypertension is one of the chronic diseases affecting the population worldwide, contributing to cardiovascular problems and mortality in Mexico, where 1.6 million deaths have been reported due to cardiovascular problems, with a figure of 250 million people affected by hypertension. Objective: Describe the therapeutic effect of traditional medicine “plants” useful in hypertensive people from the perspective of science. Methodology: A strategic search of information was carried out in different internet databases such as: Crossref Metadata Search (3), SciELO (5), PubMed (2), Elsevier (3), Redalyc (1), Google Scholar (1) Others (2) compiling a long list of information of articles, books. Using keywords such as: natural antihypertensives, antihypertensive effect of plants, therapeutic use of plants, phyto-medicines, herbal remedies, medicinal plants, natural products, healing plants. Results: more than 500 articles were found in which information related to hypertension and medicinal plants was presented, of which 90 were reviewed according to the required information and only 19 presented information related to medicinal plants or similar, leaving only 16 articles selected to gather information on the subject. Conclusions: Herbal medicine has become popular as an alternative to treat various diseases, including hypertension. Finally, regulations have been established in Mexico to regulate the use of herbal medicine, seeking to ensure good practices in the elaboration of herbal remedies.