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Medicinal herbs and naturopathic therapies like hawthorn extract lack rigorous scientific evidence for safety and efficacy in treating heart failure.
Highlights the lack of rigorous scientific evidence for the safety and efficacy of herbal supplements in heart failure, noting the failure of therapies like hawthorn extract in clinical trials.
Medicinal herbs have been used over the past centuries for restoring the body's homeostatic balance. Contemporary use of herbal supplements remains widespread in many cultures as treatment for specific ailments. Many possess cardiovascular actions, and some interact with cardiac medications. However, there is variable scientific evidence with respect to their safety and efficacy, and few have been subjected to the same rigorous evaluation processes and regulations as contemporary pharmaceuticals (1). In the field of heart failure, we have also witnessed the failure of promising naturopathic therapies like hawthorn extract in translating their potential benefits in rigorous clinical trials (2,3).
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Tang et al. (2013) conducted an editorial in Heart failure. Medicinal herbs was evaluated. Medicinal herbs and naturopathic therapies like hawthorn extract lack rigorous scientific evidence for safety and efficacy in treating heart failure.