Comparative Review on Harmless Herbs with Allopathic Remedies As Anti- Hypertensive

ABSTRACT The incidence and prevalence of systemic hypertension are reaching global epidemic proportions. Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide. Despite a diversity of pharmacological agents to treat high blood pressure, suboptimal control remains a significant problem in as many as 43% of patients and this rate has not significantly improved over the past 2 decades. There are a variety of factors contributing to this including patient's non-adherence due to complex drug regimens and medications side effects, under-treatment and treatment resistance. There, thus, remains a need to find herbal treatment to antihypertensive therapy that facilitate attainment of optimal blood pressure levels. This monograph will review a number of pharmacological targets and interventions, herbal alternatives to achieve optimum hypertensive boundaries as well as novel approaches for the same. This review mainly focuses on better herbal alternative of current allopathic remedies as well as newer herbal approaches like Hibiscus tea to treat hypertension