Study to Investigate Effects of Different Therapies for the Treatment of Hypertension

The aim of this study was to evaluate the acute cardiovascular responses in hypertensive individuals, in waking and sleeping periods after application of different non-pharmacological therapies for the control of blood pressure (BP). Randomly and random volunteers held a session of each therapy: Acupuncture, aerobic exercise, essential oil inhalation, and session control with a minimum interval of 72 hours between them. On the day of sessions the volunteers did not use antihypertensive medication. The variables measured in the survey were the blood pressure and heart rate variability (HRV). Descriptive statistical averaging procedures, standard deviation and standard error of mean were adopted. Two-way ANOVA for repeated measures was performed post-hoc Tukey. The level of the study significance was set at p \<0.05.