Abstract

QUINTANA MAYET, Ernesto et al. Effectiveness of the acupunctural treatment in patients with mild hypertension. MEDISAN [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.6, pp.765-772. ISSN 1029-3019.

A study of therapeutic intervention in 66 patients from 20 to 59 years with mild hypertension who went to the Rehabilitation Room in Segundo Frente municipality in Santiago de Cuba province was carried out from August, 2013 to the same month of 2014, aimed at determining the effectiveness of the acupunctural treatment in them, for which 2 groups were formed: a study group, to which the acupuncture was applied, and a control group who received conventional treatment; both groups were evaluated at 5, 10 and 15 days of initiating the therapy. As main results it was obtained that all the patients treated with acupuncture decreased the values of high blood pressure in a short period of time and without necessity of appealing to another therapy type, which demonstrated that this therapeutic alternative is effective to treat the mild hypertension, reason why its use was recommended to this disorder

Keywords : mild hypertension; acupuncture; therapeutic effectiveness; natural and traditional medicine.

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