ROLE OF CERTAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS

Herbs have been used as medical treatments since the beginning of civilization and some derivatives (e.g., aspirin, reserpine, and digitalis) have become mainstays of human pharmacotherapy. For cardiovascular diseases, herbal treatments have been used in p atients with congestive heart failure, systolic hypertension, angina pectoris, venous insufficiency, and arrhythmia. WHO reports indicate that around eighty percent of the global population still relies on botanical drugs and several herbal medicines have advanced to clinical use in modern times. The selection of plants in the present study is primarily based on their chemistry and pharmacological properties including toxicology reported in various research articles and reviews. Some very interesting find ings have been observed and thus recorded and reported. Rasona(Garlic),Arjuna and Gokshura are very effective drugs from clinical point of view.