use of medicinal plants as a complement to control high blood pressure

Morgana de Oliveira Faria, Wânia Rodrigues Alve, Jéssyka Viana Valadares Franco.

Abstract

Currently, the increase in the consumption of plants by human beings is notorious, where medicinal plants can be defined as prophylaxis, treatment and cure of diseases, being the oldest form of traditional medicine practice being most often by needy families, who end up finding easier access to natural treatments, without knowing the side effects and risks that these drugs offer. The general objective is to determine the knowledge and use of medicinal plants as a complementary way to control high blood pressure. The present work is a systematic literature review, developed based on material already prepared, consisting mainly of books and scientific articles, in which 21 articles were selected and after examining the content and certifying their relationship with the theme, they were excluded 5 articles, which involved animal studies that are not the object of the research, totaling 16 articles that were relevant to the work. In this perspective, it was observed the medicinal plants used as a complement to hypertension and their interactions, as well as the importance of the health professional, especially the pharmacist, regarding the prescription and assistance for patients who use medicinal plants to reduce blood pressure.