The ethnopharmacological review of medicinal plants in uses hypertension treatment in Iranian complementary medicine
Arterial hypertension is most important diseases in developing countries. This common and asymptomatic disease is curable and can be easily diagnosed, but it may have fatal consequences if left untreated (Leng et al. 1996) Hypertension in adults refers to an increase in systolic blood pressure equal to or more than 140 mm/hg as well as diastolic blood pressure equal to or more than 90mm/Hg separately or together (LloydJones et al. 2005) Some studies show that a great number of factors contribute to the raised blood pressure in hypertensive patients, and their relative roles may differ between individuals. Among the factors that have been intensively studied are salt intake, obesity and insulin resistance, the reninangiotensin system, and the sympathetic nervous system (Beevers et al. 2001) Studies have shown that if hypertension disorder is left untreated, it can cause problems such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, angina, myocardial infarction, development of thrombosis, and cerebral hemorrhage (MacMahon et al. 1990) Hypertension management consists of two Journal of Herbal Drug