DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i02.013

Pages: 427-430

Essential hypertension (also called primary hypertension or idiopathic hypertension) is the most common type of hypertension, affecting 95% of hypertensive patients. Hypertension (HT) is an important public health problem worldwide and it tends to be familial and is likely to be the consequence of an interaction between environmental and genetic factors. Prevalence of essential hypertension increases with age and individuals with relatively high blood pressure at younger ages are at increased risk for the subsequent development of hypertension and it makes them suffer a lot. Aim of present study was to see the effect of sour tea (hibiscus sabdariffa) on blood pressure in prehypertensive subjects. Selected 100 patients following JNC7 creteria were given hibiscus sabdariffa tea on daily basis for two months. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure had shown a significant decrease after sour tea supplementation. In folk medicine, the HS calyx extracts are used for the treatment of several complaints, including high blood pressure, liver diseases and fever.