Medicinal plants for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases - A review

Abstract

There were substantial evidences that many medicinal plants decreased the risk of cardiovascular diseases. With the high prevalence of herbal medicine use worldwide, the information regarding the therapeutic use or safety of herbal remedies usually obtained from books and pamphlets, most of which base their information on traditional reputation rather than relying on existing scientific research. This review will cover the plants with vascular, hypotensive, cardiac, cardioprotective, antiarrhythmic, hypolipidemic, hemostatic, fibrinolytic and anticoagulant effects.