A CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A TRADITIONAL HERBCLERODENDRUM GLANDULOSUM LINDL.(CLERODENDRUM COLEBROOKIANUM WALP) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MILD TO MODERATE CASES OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

Joyshree Borah; Bishnu Prasad Sarma

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

A CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A TRADITIONAL HERBCLERODENDRUM GLANDULOSUM LINDL.(CLERODENDRUM COLEBROOKIANUM WALP) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MILD TO MODERATE CASES OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

Joyshree Borah, Bishnu Prasad Sarma

Abstract :

Essential Hypertension is a chronic and often asymptomatic clinical condition in which systemic arterial blood pressure elevated beyond normal. The increased blood pressure in the arteries depends upon a persons age, sex, physical and mental activities, family history and diet etc. Primary or essential hypertension is the world�s leading risk factor for global disease burden, is expected to cause more than half of the estimated 17 million deaths per year resulting from cardiovascular disease worldwide. Some traditional herbs used by north east people shows satisfactory result in treatment of various life threatening disease. Clerodendrum glandulosumLindl. is one of those traditional herbs used as vegetables by more then 20 tribes of north east region and they claim that low incidence of hypertension due to regular intake of this herb.A clinical study was conducted among 86 cases of uncomplicated mild to moderate hypertension were randomly selected from OPD and IPD of Kayachikitsa Deptt, Govt. Ayurvedic College & Hospital Guwahati-14, Assam. The data shows significant improvement on management of essential hypertension and no complications were found during and after the clinical study.