Traditional herbal medicine use among hypertensive patients in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Liwa, Anthony C ^a   Smart, Luke R ^a,b,d   Frumkin, Amara ^c   Epstein, Helen Ann B ^b   Fitzgerald, Daniel W ^b   Peck, Robert N ^a,b  

^a WEILL BUGANDO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Tanzania)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Complementary and alternative medicine; Hypertension; Sub Saharan Africa; Traditional healers; Traditional herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDLINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901732459     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-014-0437-9     Document Type: Review

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