Revista de informática médica y de salud

The Heart and Herbs: Back to the Nature

Abstract

Aamer Saeed*,Fayaz Ali Larik,Pervaiz Ali Channar,Urooj Muqadar

Abstract It is believed that herbal medicines act in a holistic way, but been derived from nature they can be specific in response. Herein, we review herbal medicines which are used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and their interactions with other drugs. CVDs have a high mortality rate and morbidity in the world, therefore, prevention and reduction of risk factors, which are associated with CVD, are the major tasks of healthcare professionals and scientists. Modern medicines despite having promising effects are unable to bring to a standstill the CVDs, consequently people are are paying attention to CAM (complementary and alternative medicines) -the herbal medicines.