A Cross-cultural Analysis of the Utilization and Efficacy of Traditional Herbal Medicine to Cure High Blood Pressure Among People of Rawalakot

Year : 2024 | Volume : 02 | Issue : 01 | Page : 21 32
    By

    Minahil Javaid,

  • Muhammad Zubair Khan,

  1. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  2. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agiculture, Department of Plant Breding and Molecular Genetics, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Pakistan

Abstract

Safety and efficacy of herbal medicines have not yet been established in treating hypertension. The current study examined the prevalence of herbal medicine use among hypertensive patients in Rawalakot, Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The study included 100 hypertensive patients using systemic random sampling. The independent variables were herbal medicine and conventional medicine, while the dependent variable was hypertension. The most known and used herbal medicine was garlic followed by ginger and onion. Among the female respondents, garlic was the most frequently cited herbal remedy for high blood pressure, with 44 mentions. This was followed by ginger (16 mentions), onion (15), watercress (14), and coriander (11). 61 of the patients showed strong belief in herbal medicine efficacy against hypertension while 39 disagreed. The younger respondents were found less in their belief and use of herbal remedies. Unemployed, and government-employed respondents were found more frequent cases of hypertension followed by people doing their own business. Similarly, those less educated were the higher cases of hypertension. Most respondents not engaging in daily exercise were found among both male and female participants, with 46 out of 100 not adhering to a daily exercise routine. In contrast, only 16 respondents reported following a regular exercise pattern. Higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels were reported by respondents with greater body weight. Herbal medicines were perceived to have varying degrees of effectiveness in controlling blood pressure among hypertensive patients who solely relied on herbal remedies and those who combined them with conventional treatments.

Keywords: Hypertension, herbal medicine, garlic, ginger, onion, blood pressure, Rawalakot

[This article belongs to International Journal of Biochemistry and Biomolecule Research ]

aWQ6MTY4Nzg1fGZpbGVuYW1lOjY1ODIzOTE4LXBha2stanBnLndlYnB8c2l6ZTp0aHVtYm5haWw=
How to cite this article:
Minahil Javaid, Muhammad Zubair Khan. A Cross-cultural Analysis of the Utilization and Efficacy of Traditional Herbal Medicine to Cure High Blood Pressure Among People of Rawalakot. International Journal of Biochemistry and Biomolecule Research. 2024; 02(01):21-32.
How to cite this URL:
Minahil Javaid, Muhammad Zubair Khan. A Cross-cultural Analysis of the Utilization and Efficacy of Traditional Herbal Medicine to Cure High Blood Pressure Among People of Rawalakot. International Journal of Biochemistry and Biomolecule Research. 2024; 02(01):21-32. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/ijbbr/article=2024/view=168797


Browse Figures

References

  1. Daskalopoulou SS, Rabi DM, Zarnke KB, Dasgupta K, Nerenberg K, Cloutier L, et al. The 2015 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for blood pressure measurement, diagnosis, assessment of risk, prevention, and treatment of hypertension. Can J Cardiol. 2015 May 1;31(5):549-68.
  2. Health topics: Hypertension. Available from: http://www.who.int/topics/hypertension/. Accessed 2023 Dec 21.
  3. Health topics: Hypertension. Online Questions and Answers. 2012. Available from: http://www.who.int/features/qa/82/en/. Accessed 2023 Dec 21.
  4. Zhou B, Bentham J, Di Cesare M, Bixby H, Danaei G, Cowan MJ, et al. Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19.1 million participants. Lancet. 2017 Jan 7;389(10064):37-55.
  5. Ogah OS, Stewart S, Falase AO, Akinyemi JO, Adegbite GD, Alabi AA, et al. Contemporary profile of acute heart failure in Southern Nigeria: data from the Abeokuta Heart Failure Clinical Registry. JACC Heart Fail. 2014 Jun;2(3):250-9.
  6. Offiah NV, Makama S, Elisha IL, Makoshi MS, Gotep JG, Dawurung CJ, et al. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria. BMC Vet Res. 2011 Dec;7:1-9.
  7. Frishman WH, Beravol P, Carosella C. Alternative and complementary medicine for preventing and treating cardiovascular disease. Dis Mon. 2009 Mar 1;55(3):121-92.
  8. Pan SY, Zhou SF, Gao SH, Yu ZL, Zhang SF, Tang MK, et al. New perspectives on how to discover drugs from herbal medicines: CAM’s outstanding contribution to modern therapeutics. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:1-15.
  9. Al Disi SS, Anwar MA, Eid AH. Anti-hypertensive herbs and their mechanisms of action: part I. Front Pharmacol. 2016 Jan 19;6:172320.
  10. Susalit E, Agus N, Effendi I, Tjandrawinata RR, Nofiarny D, Perrinjaquet-Moccetti T, et al. Olive (Olea europaea) leaf extract effective in patients with stage-1 hypertension: comparison with Captopril. Phytomedicine. 2011 Feb 15;18(4):251-8.
  11. Tabassum N, Ahmad F. Role of natural herbs in the treatment of hypertension. Pharmacogn Rev. 2011 Jan;5(9):30-40.
  12. Lotika AA, Mabuza LH, Okonta HI. Reasons given by hypertensive patients for concurrently using traditional and Western medicine at Natalspruit Hospital in the Gauteng Province, South Africa. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2013 Jan 1;5(1):1-7.
  13. Marinac JS, Buchinger CL, Godfrey LA, Wooten JM, Sun C, Willsie SK. Herbal products and dietary supplements: a survey of use, attitudes, and knowledge among older adults. J Osteopath Med. 2007 Jan 1;107(1):13-23.
  14. Ahmad L, Semotiuk A, Zafar M, Ahmad M, Sultana S, Liu QR, et al. Ethnopharmacological documentation of medicinal plants used for hypertension among the local communities of DIR Lower, Pakistan. J Ethnopharmacol. 2015 Dec 4;175:138-46.
  15. Gairola S, Sharma J, Gaur RD, Siddiqi TO, Painuli RM. Plants used for treatment of dysentery and diarrhoea by the Bhoxa community of district Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. J Ethnopharmacol. 2013 Dec 12;150(3):989-1006.
  16. Rossato SC, Leitão-Filho HD, Begossi A. Ethnobotany of caiçaras of the Atlantic Forest coast (Brazil). Econ Bot. 1999 Oct 1:387-95.
  17. Silva VA, Albuquerque UP, Nascimento VT. Técnicas para análise de dados etnobotânicos. Métodos e técnicas na pesquisa etnobotânica. 2004:63-88.
  18. Phillips O, Gentry AH. The useful plants of Tambopata, Peru: I. Statistical hypotheses tests with a new quantitative technique. Econ Bot. 1993 Jan 1:15-32.
  19. Kayani S, Ahmad M, Zafar M, Sultana S, Khan MP, Ashraf MA, et al. Ethnobotanical uses of medicinal plants for respiratory disorders among the inhabitants of Gallies–Abbottabad, Northern Pakistan. J Ethnopharmacol. 2014 Oct 28;156:47-60.
  20. Tardío J, Pardo-de-Santayana M. Cultural importance indices: a comparative analysis based on the useful wild plants of Southern Cantabria (Northern Spain). Econ Bot. 2008 May;62:24-39.
  21. Vitalini S, Iriti M, Puricelli C, Ciuchi D, Segale A, Fico G. Traditional knowledge on medicinal and food plants used in Val San Giacomo (Sondrio, Italy)—An alpine ethnobotanical study. J Ethnopharmacol. 2013 Jan 30;145(2):517-29.
  22. Hughes GD, Aboyade OM, Clark BL, Puoane TR. The prevalence of traditional herbal medicine use among hypertensives living in South African communities. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2013 Dec;13:1-8.
  23. Nuwaha F, Musinguzi G. Use of alternative medicine for hypertension in Buikwe and Mukono districts of Uganda: a cross-sectional study. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2013 Dec;13:1-8.
  24. Aziz Z, Tey NP. Herbal medicines: prevalence and predictors of use among Malaysian adults. Complement Ther Med. 2009 Jan 1;17(1):44-50.
  25. Siew-Mooi C, Vasudevan R, Zakaria ZA, Paimin F. Frequency of complementary and alternative medicine usage among Malaysian hypertensive subjects. Life Sci J. 2013;10(4):2526-31.
  26. Delgoda R, Ellington C, Barrett S, Gordon N, Clarke N, Younger N. The practice of polypharmacy involving herbal and prescription medicines in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and gastrointestinal disorders in Jamaica. West Indian Med J. 2004 Dec 1;53(6):400-5.
  27. Shafiq N, Gupta M, Kumari S, Pandhi P. Prevalence and pattern of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in hypertensive patients of a tertiary care center in India. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2003 Jul 1;41(7):294-8.
  28. Tachjian A, Maria V, Jahangir A. Use of herbal products and potential interactions in patients with cardiovascular diseases. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Feb 9;55(6):515-25.
  29. Mahmood A, Malik RN, Shinwari ZK, Mahmood AQ. Ethnobotanical survey of plants from Neelum, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Pak J Bot. 2011 Dec 1;43(1):105-10.
  30. Mbulo A. A survey of herbal medicine use in hypertensive patients at the University Teaching Hospital Lusaka, Zambia [dissertation]. 2012.
  31. Amira OC, Okubadejo NU. Frequency of complementary and alternative medicine utilization in hypertensive patients attending an urban tertiary care centre in Nigeria. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2007 Dec;7:1-5.
  32. Ali-Shtayeh MS, Jamous RM, Jamous RM, Salameh NM. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among hypertensive patients in Palestine. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2013 Nov 1;19(4):256-63.
  33. Kretchy IA, Owusu-Daaku F, Danquah S. Patterns and determinants of the use of complementary and alternative medicine: a cross-sectional study of hypertensive patients in Ghana. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2014 Dec;14:1-7.
Regular Issue Subscription Original Research
Volume 02
Issue 01
Received 15/04/2024
Accepted 20/05/2024
Published 23/08/2024
Publication Time 130 Days
675

Login


My IP

PlumX Metrics