Title

Comparative effectiveness of two natural interventions (drumstick leaves tea and cucumber juice) on hypertension

Authors

Patel Daminiben Bharatbhai¹, Mahalakshmi^2,* & Siva Subramanian³

Affiliation

¹Department of Community health Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; ²Department of Paediatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; ³Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

Email

B. Mahalakshmi - E-mail: mb.fn@spu.ac.in

Patel Daminiben Bharatbhai - E-mail: daminipatel5211@gmail.com
N. Sivasubramanian - E-mail: sn.fn@spu.ac.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received February 1, 2026; Revised February 28, 2026; Accepted February 28, 2026, Published February 28, 2026

Abstract

Hypertension is a major public health problem and affordable natural interventions are increasingly explored for community management. Therefore, it is of interest to compare the effectiveness of drumstick leaves tea and cucumber juice on blood pressure reduction among hypertensive patients. A comparative quasi-experimental non-equivalent pre-test–post-test design was used among 200 hypertensive patients from selected villages of Aravalli District, with 100 participants each in the drumstick leaves tea and cucumber juice groups. Both interventions produced a statistically significant reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p<0.001), with no significant difference between groups in post-test values.

Keywords

Drumstick leaves tea; cucumber juice; moringa oleifera; cucumis sativus; hypertension; blood pressure reduction; comparative effectiveness

Citation

Bharatbhai et al. Bioinformation 22(2): 1113-1117 (2026)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.