Western Medicine References:

1. The Sixth Report of the National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. NIH Publication No. 98-4080, November 1997. 
2. Abramowicz, M., Editor, Drugs for Hypertension, The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics. Vol. 43 (Issue 1099), March 5, 2001. 
3. American Heart Association: high blood pressure section. 
4. National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP). 

Chinese Medicine References:

1. Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (edited), Traditional Chinese Internal Medicine, Academy Press, 2000. 
2. Li En (editor-in-chief), Integrated Clinical Encyclopedia of Traditional and Western Medicine (Vol. 1), Ancient Books Publishing House, 1999. 
3. Zhang Dazhao (edited), Diagnosis & Treatment of Common Diseases in TCM, WuXiaolong-Hai Feng Publishing Co., 1992. 
4. Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (edited), Basic Theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Academy Press 2000.   
5. Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine 18th Edition by Churchill Livingstone, 1999. 
6. Ou Ming (edited), Chinese-English Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Joint Publishing (HK) Co. Ltd., 1999. 

Written By: 

Western Medicine: 
Frances S. Wong, Pharm.D., CGP, FCSHP 
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy of University at Southern California's School of Pharmacy 

Chinese Medicine : 
Ms. Jiang Mei Xian (蔣梅先女士) 
Head of the Department of Coronary Medicine at Shu Guang Hospital in Shanghai 
Teaching Supervisor in the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Department at Shanghai University 
Deputy Chief of the Teaching and Research Section of International Medicine at Shu Guang Clinical Medicine College, affiliated with Shanghai University of TCM 
Member of the Specialized Committee of Heart Diseases under the Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Association 

Translations: 

Michael Yang, Integrated Chinese Medicine Holdings Ltd.

 Angela Collingwood, MSN Integrated Chinese Medicine Holdings Ltd. 
 Rose Tse, Integrated Chinese Medicine Holdings Ltd. 
Amy Wu, Integrated Chinese Medicine Holdings Ltd.