Utilização do Hibisco (Hibiscus sabdariffa) no controle da pressão arterial: uma revisão da literatura.

Abstract

Hypertension is a serious disease, often asymptomatic, that affects people around the world and is a major socioeconomic problem. It arises as a result of multiple factors and is the major cause of the development of cardiovascular diseases. Treatment consists of drug intervention through one or more classes of drugs, associated with changes in the patient's lifestyle. Although conventional treatment is well established, science is looking for new therapeutic strategies in order to alleviate possible adverse effects, as well as treat resistant blood pressure. Several medicinal plants are popularly used against arterial hypertension, so it is relevant to be evaluated as an alternative or therapeutic adjuvant to conventional treatment. The objective of this work was to investigate the properties of the medicinal plant Hibiscus sabdariffa against systemic arterial hypertension. The methodology used was an integrative literature review, by searching publications in scientific databases Pubmed, Elsevier, Scielo, Google Scholar and national and international health committees, in Portuguese and/or English, published in the period of 2008 to 2021. The 10 (ten) original articles, all with a clinical design, point to a therapeutic potential of the plant comparable to traditional antihypertensive drugs, showing H. sabdariffa as a promising alternative for the therapy of arterial hypertension.