The use of herbal medicine to treat hypertension in hospitals under the office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health
Keywords:
Herbal medicines, hypertension, , hospitals, Ministry of Public HealthAbstract
The situation and the problems of hypertension have a tendency to increase and escalate. Since modern medicine has limitations in terms of the cost, outcome and side effects of treatment, complementary medicine can be used to treat hypertensive patients. Therefore, this study aims to survey the use of herbal medicine to treat hypertension in hospitals under the office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health. The sample consisted of 873 Thai traditional doctors affiliated with hospitals under the office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health. The data were collected by telephone interviews between October 2020 to January 2021. The data were analyzed by content analysis and the use of descriptive statistics. The results revealed that 264 hospitals (30.24%) used herbal medicines to treat hypertension. Most hospitals have used complementary medicine for less than five years (186 hospitals, 21.31%) and most had 1-5 service recipients per month (109 hospitals, 12.49%). In total, 32 herbal recipes were used for hypertensive treatment. The three most popular herbal medicines were Yahom Thepajit (155 hospitals, 58.71%), Yahom Nalwagod (84 hospitals, 31.82%) and Roselle herbal tea-Hibiscus sabdariffa L. (64 hospitals, 24.24%). From the results, it can be assumed that few hospitals under the office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health used herbal medicines to treat hypertensive patients. Therefore, research should be conducted with herbal treatment for hypertension, training and used as a database for policy planning among Thai traditional medicine personnel in government services on the use of herbal medicines.
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3. Wichai C, Poldongnauk S, Sawanyawisuth K. Hypertension. 1st ed. Khonkaen: Health promotion unit social medicine work Srinagarind Hospital; 2015.
4. Division of Non-communicable diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health. Number and rate of patients in 2016-2018 [internet]. Nonthaburi; 2019. Available from http://www.thaincd.com/2016/mission/documents.php?tid=32&gid=1-020.
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through Ang II-AT 1 R-NADPH oxidase pathway. Ann Anat 2018;216:82-9.
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21. Jansakul C. The loosening effect of the bronchi and cardiovascular activity of high purity substances isolated from Tinospora crispa stem. Bangkok: Thailand Science
Research and Innovation; 2009.
22. Christopher E, Nyebuk D, Ernest A. Phytoconstituents and diuretic activity of Cymbopogon citratus leaf infusions in humans. J Coast Life Med 2014;2:704-13.
23. Ghayur MN, Gilani AH, Afridi MB, et al. Cardiovascular effects of ginger aqueous extract and its phenolic constituents are mediated through multiple pathways. Vascul Pharmacol 43:234-41.
24. Pantoja CV, Chiang LCH, Norris BC, et al. Diuretic, Natriuretic and hypotensive effects produced by Allium sativum (garlic) in anesthetized dogs. J Ethnopharmacol
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Bunpean A, Subhadhirasakul S, Neamsuvan O, Siriyong T. The use of herbal medicine to treat hypertension in hospitals under the office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health. J Med Health Sci [Internet]. 2021 Aug. 31 [cited 2024 Apr. 27];28(2):27-42. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jmhs/article/view/251547
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