USO DE PLANTAS MEDICINAIS E FITOTERÁPICOS COMO FORMA COMPLEMENTAR NO CONTROLE DA HIPERTENSÃO ARTERIAL MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HERBAL MEDICINES USED AS ADDITIONAL THERAPY IN SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION CONTROL

The objective was to conduct a survey of medicinal plants and herbal medicines used as antihypertensives in treating systemic hypertension. This study was done based on a survey of 62 publications from databases accessed, resulting in list of 20 species that cause changes in blood pressure, distributed in 14 families, highlighting Asteraceae with 4 species and Lamiaceae with 3