Use of Phytopharmaceuticals as an alternative in the treatment of cardiovascularconditions in adults

Introduction: the high population aging has brought about a notable increase in cardiovascular diseases, which are one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality. Objective: to characterize the use of phytopharmaceuticals in cardiovascular diseases as a treatment alternative in adults of Consultorio 69 between 2021 and 2023 in Consolación del Sur. Methods: a prospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The universe was 494 patients and the sample was 195, to whom a survey was applied that responded to the proposed objectives and met the inclusion criteria of informed consent (Annex 1) to participate in the study, to reside in the area and not to present physical or mental disability to cooperate in the collection of information. Results: the predominant age group was 60 to 69 years old (30,25), female sex (62,05), all of them suffer from arterial hypertension (100), most of them use medicines made from medicinal plants as an alternative treatment (89,23), the most frequently used phytotherapy is Linden (93. 84), decoction is the form of home preparation most frequently used by all patients (100), more than half of the sample uses it very frequently (65,64) and the acceptance to the consumption of this treatment modality is good in the vast majority of the studied population (84,10). Conclusions: to apply the educational strategy designed in the CMF 69 of Entronque de Herradura in the referred popular council and to the rest of the municipality.