this is a letter to editor.there is growing interest in the health benefits of botanical diuretics. (1-2) ‎avicenna (980-1037 ad), the foremost iranian physician,‎‏ ‏introduced ‎numerous herbs as diuretics in his renowned book of canon of medicine. (3)‎avicenna and his followers have recommended herbal diuretics for most ‎ailments accompanied by fluid superabundance like lassitude, oedema, and ...

There are 70-million hypertensive individuals in the United States, and 45-million persons take antihypertensive medications.1,2 Despite the results of the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering treatment to prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT), other trials, and the recommendations in the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blo...