Treatment of hypertension with chinese celery.

ABSTRACT

Twenty mild essential hypertension patients 2 males and 18 females (B.P. 150/95-179/110 mmHg.) aged 34-69 years were tried on crude Chinese celery and its extract. When the crude Chinese celery was extracted, two fractions were found to reduce blood pressure. The fraction which gave the best reduction of blood pressure was used for this trial. The results of the trial showed that the crude Chinese celery had a statistically significant on lowering the blood pressure, but the extract did not. This lack of effect might be due to the fact that only one fraction of the extract was used in the trial. However, there were no changes in the biochemistry of the kidney and liver functions, including electrolytes and lipids, and no side-effect was observed.