Abstract:
Rauwolfia serpentina belonging to family Apocyanaceae is
a popular drug used in curing hypertension besides other ailments
This drug is commonly used as a mother tincture to relieve hypertension,
but could not help alleviate the associated symptoms like
sleeplessness, headache, palpitation indigestion etc.
ln the present study the efficacy of this drug administered
in 1x potency in water has been studied clinically and pathologically in
52 patients suffering from essential hypertension. The drug besides
controlling the raised blood pressure also brought down considerably
the associated symptoms ln some cases.
