Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the treatment of Hypertension
Article contributed by Physician ONG Kwee-Nam
Hypertension is an important worldwide public-health challenge with high mortality and disability.
Considerable progress has been made by domestic and foreign clinical experts and researchers for the treatment of hypertension. However, only 25% of patients could achieve the goal and recurrent cardiovascular events still occur in those who take antihypertensive drugs. Mortality rates of hypertension are still far from optimal.