A Review on the Nonpharmacological Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Antihypertensive Effects

Hypertension is a global health concern. Although the pharmacological treatment has obvious antihypertensive effects, there are still some limitations on management of hypertension by drug therapy alone. In recent years, the nonpharmacological therapy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has gradua...

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Autores principales: Fan, Hua, Lu, Feng, Yang, Ailing, Dong, Yidan, Liu, Ping, Wang, Youhua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6334369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30719053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1317842
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author Fan, Hua
Lu, Feng
Yang, Ailing
Dong, Yidan
Liu, Ping
Wang, Youhua
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description Hypertension is a global health concern. Although the pharmacological treatment has obvious antihypertensive effects, there are still some limitations on management of hypertension by drug therapy alone. In recent years, the nonpharmacological therapy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has gradually become an important mean to help the prevention and treatment of hypertension in some Eastern countries. In this review, the nonpharmacological TCM therapies, including acupuncture, tuina, Tai Chi, and auricular-plaster, are covered along with the mechanism.
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spelling pubmed-63343692019-02-04 A Review on the Nonpharmacological Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Antihypertensive Effects Fan, Hua Lu, Feng Yang, Ailing Dong, Yidan Liu, Ping Wang, Youhua Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Review Article Hypertension is a global health concern. Although the pharmacological treatment has obvious antihypertensive effects, there are still some limitations on management of hypertension by drug therapy alone. In recent years, the nonpharmacological therapy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has gradually become an important mean to help the prevention and treatment of hypertension in some Eastern countries. In this review, the nonpharmacological TCM therapies, including acupuncture, tuina, Tai Chi, and auricular-plaster, are covered along with the mechanism. Hindawi 2019-01-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6334369/ /pubmed/30719053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1317842 Text en Copyright © 2019 Hua Fan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Review on the Nonpharmacological Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Antihypertensive Effects
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1317842
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