Role of traditional Chinese medicine (Acupuncture) in reducing blood pressure
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I10- Essential (primary) hypertension
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/04/041743
- Lead Sponsor
- Sant Hirdaram Yoga and nature cure hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Patients aged between 30 and 60 years, male and female, both taking and not taking antihypertensive drugs.
Patients who meet the diagnostic criteria of Borderline and Stage I hypertension according to (JNC-7 and WHO/ISH criteria Border line and stage I) Systolic blood pressure 159>=(SBP) >=130 and/or diastolic blood pressure 99>=(DBP) >=85 .
Patients who are diagnosed as Liver-yang excess (common symptoms include headache, feeling of head distension and vertigo, blurred vision, irritability, anger, tinnitus, insomnia).
Patients who have a good understanding of the trial and willing to comply with trial protocol.
Informed consent form must be signed by patient or lineal relative.
Patients who have been diagnosed as stage II hypertension and secondary hypertension.
Patients with accompanying other severe medical conditions who may be not safe to join our study.
Patients with a chronic disease which might not be suitable for the trial e.g: epilepsy, patients under any psychotic medications.
Pregnant women or women in lactation.
Patients who currently are participating in other clinical trials.
Patients treated with acupuncture during the previous three months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method BLOOD PRESSURETimepoint: AT BASELINE (DAY 1) <br/ ><br>END OF ACUPUNCTURE (DAY 10) <br/ ><br>FOLLOW UP (DAY 40)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND STRESS LEVELSTimepoint: AT BASELINE (DAY 1) <br/ ><br>END OF ACUPUNCTURE (DAY 10) <br/ ><br>FOLLOW UP (DAY 40);HRV INDICESTimepoint: AT BASELINE (DAY 1) <br/ ><br>END OF ACUPUNCTURE (DAY 10);QUALITY OF LIFETimepoint: AT BASELINE (DAY 1) <br/ ><br>END OF ACUPUNCTURE (DAY 10) <br/ ><br>FOLLOW UP (DAY 40)