Effect of red ginseng on blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension and white coat hypertension

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作者
Han, KH [1 ]
Choe, SC [1 ]
Kim, HS [1 ]
Sohn, DW [1 ]
Nam, KY [1 ]
Oh, BH [1 ]
Lee, MM [1 ]
Park, YB [1 ]
Choi, YS [1 ]
Seo, JD [1 ]
Lee, YW [1 ]
机构
[1] Seoul Natl Univ, Coll Med, Dept Internal Med, Div Cardiol, Seoul 151, South Korea
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE | 1998年 / 26卷 / 02期
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10.1142/S0192415X98000257
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R [医药、卫生];
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10 ;
摘要
The objective of this study is to evaluate the changes of diurnal blood pressure pattern after 8 weeks of red ginseng medication (4.5 g/day) by 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. In 26 subjects with essential hypertension, 24 hour mean systolic blood pressure decreased significantly (p = 0.03) while diastolic blood pressure only showed a tendency of decline (p = 0.17). The decrease in pressures were observed at daytime (8 A.M. - 6 P.M.) and dawn (5 A.M. - 7 A.M.). In 8 subjects with white coat hypertension, no significant blood pressure change was observed. We suggest that red ginseng might be useful as a relatively safe medication adjuvant to current antihypertensive medications.
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页码:199 / 209
页数:11
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