A lot of literature is being generated that is showing evidence for herbal remedies to lower blood pressure and other diseases. With the alarming rate of hypertensive patients in the world and the need to find an effective therapy, why is the world delaying in doing clinical trials for most of the proven herbs in our yards?
Could there be a hidden agenda somewhere? If we are conformable with the DASH diet which by the way consist of fruits and vegetables, why not herbs?
1 billion persons around the world are having high blood pressure, it is a catastrophe. the need of foods containing ACE inhibitors is one of the most important trends. the main problem is, the invivo experiments have difficulties and specific regulations to be applied in human or even in animals, besides the high cost.
From my point of view, I think that herbs should be used as prophylactic treatment for hypertension caused by stress
I agree that most of the food (fruits and vegetables) and herbs should be utilized for prevention of hypertension. Or we can use them as part of therapeutic diets. Also challenging to conduct clinical trials in humans.
Fruit and vegetable consumption reduces the risk of hypertension. Please see the following PDF attachments.
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