A clinical trial of Rauwolfia serpentina in essential hypertension.

In view of the persistently high mortality from hypertension in spite of the large number of measures recommended in the treatment of this disease one is forced to admit the futility or helplessness of the situation. In Ayman’s opinion, the “proper treatment is still unknown.” Evans and Loughnan, after a critical analysis and trial of thirty three different preparations in seventy cases of high blood pressure (essential hypertension), were forced to admit the uselessness of them all. In their opinion, simple sedative measures are often more effective than the much more expensive and fashionable products extensively displayed on the market.