Cardiovascular & Stroke Naturopathic Case Studies

Passive heat and blood pressure, arterial stiffness, endothelial function (hot water therapy)

Pre-hypertension, insulin resistance (grape seed extract)

Blood pressure benefits in those with hyperglycemia (thiamine)

Blood pressure and air filtration (air filter)

Chronic heart failure (far-infrared sauna)

Exercise tolerance in heart failure (acupuncture)

Chronic heart failure from coronary artery ischemia (multi-nutrient, amino acids, CoQ10)

Chronic heart failure (being on nutrient-depleting diuretics) (intravenous and oral vitamin B1)

Cholesterol, LDL, HDL (sauna)

Cholesterol, LDL, weight in type 2 diabetics (chromium, magnesium, cinnamon)

Coronary heart disease (acupuncture)

Diastolic heart failure (metabolic diet, moderate exercise)

Overweight, dyslipidemia (berberis and milk thistle herbs)

High blood pressure (olive leaf herb, additional study with comparison to ACE inhibitor medication)

Stroke (hemorrhagic) and spasticity (Acupuncture)

Stroke and insomnia (Acupuncture)

Preventing Stroke-Like Episodes in MELAS (Taurine)