Mind-body therapies intervention for essential hypertension: network meta-analysis based on the antihypertensive effect

Compared with other MBTs, Bhramari Pranayama and Specific Qigong demonstrated more favorable relative effects on systolic blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension. Sound Relax Meditation, Specific Qigong, and Bhramari Pranayama showed comparatively better performance in reducing diastolic blood pressure. Given the limited number of studies and modest sample sizes, these findings should be interpreted cautiously, and further large-scale, high-quality RCTs are needed to confirm these comparative effects.