Ter Arkh. 1988 ; 60(1): 123-6.

[Use of various non-pharmacological methods in the treatment of patients in the early stages of arterial hypertension]

Iurenev AP, Patrusheva IF, AÄvazian TA, ZaÄtsev VP, Krol VA.

Patients with labile hypertension received various kinds of nonmedicinal therapy: psychological intervention (40 patients), acupuncture (25 patients), physical training (11 patients). Chemotherapy was provided to 38 patients. A significant antihypertensive effect was achieved with the use of the nonmedicinal therapeutic methods. Their efficacy was comparable with that of chemotherapy.