title: Effect of red ginseng on blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension and white coat hypertension.
abstract: The objective of this study is to evaluate the changes of diurnal blood pressure pattern after 8 weeks of red ginseng medication (4.5 g/day) by 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. In 26 subjects with essential hypertension, 24 hour mean systolic blood pressure decreased significantly (p = 0.03) while diastolic blood pressure only showed a tendency of decline (p = 0.17). The decrease in pressures were observed at daytime (8 A.M.-6 P.M.) and dawn (5 A.M.-7 A.M.). In 8 subjects with white coat hypertension, no significant blood pressure change was observed. We suggest that red ginseng might be useful as a relatively safe medication adjuvant to current antihypertensive medications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005894:Panax / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents