EFFICACY OF A TRADITIONALLY USED HERB NEPHAPHU IN HYPERTENSION

Dr. Jayanta Barman; Dr. Anup Baishya; Dr. Rajlakshmi Devi

Volume : VIII, Issue : XI, November - 2019

EFFICACY OF A TRADITIONALLY USED HERB NEPHAPHU IN HYPERTENSION

Dr. Jayanta Barman, Dr. Anup Baishya, Dr. Rajlakshmi Devi

Abstract :

Hypertension is a major health problem that affects approximately 29% of the adult population worldwide. It is a major risk factor for cardio-vascular disease, contributing greatly to morbidity and mortality from stroke, myocardial infarction, end stage renal disease and congestive heart failure. Indian people traditionally consuming different herbs for different ainments for prevention and cure of diseases. In North eastern region people use a herbs traditionally called nephaphu (clerodemdrumcoliookinum) as vegetables since long time in various diseases specially in hypertension and they believe that due to that herb they are not suffering from hypertension. A clinical study was conducted among 60 cases of hypertension among than 20 cases were newly diagnosed case of hypertension, 20 cases were hypertension with or without disturbance of lipid profile, 20 cases were chronic hypertension under the modern medication (amlopidine) were randomly selected from OPD and IPD of Govt. Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Jalukbari, Guwahati- 14, Assam. The data should significant result in all the three groups in the management of hypertension and complication were found during and after the clinical study. Indian people traditionally consuming different herbs for different ainments for prevention and cure of diseases. In North Eastern region in Manipur, Mizoram,Meghalaya,Arunachal Pradesh and in some parts of Assam, people use a herb traditionally called Nephaphu(clerodendrumcoliookinum) as vegetables since long time in various diseases specially in hypertension,and they believe that due to that herb they are not suffering from hypertension. Multiple study in vitro shows that it has hypolipidaemic effect, but still no any clinical study paper found that it is effective in human also. So keeping that view in my work, I have evaluated this traditional herb in hypertensive patient.