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High Blood Pressure Home Remedies |
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Common and inexpensive garlic
helps to lower hypertension
Odds are your blood pressure could be out of whack, and you don't know it until you go in for a checkup. Most people with hypertension don’t show any real signs , and nearly a third of all adults have high blood pressure. When chronic hypertension is left untreated it leads to stiffening and thickening of the arteries, and that contributes to atherosclerosis, strokes, heart disease and kidney disease.
For effective circulation, blood flows -- under pressure -- through the arteries (blood vessels) to various organs. Our hearts do the job of applying pressure. It’s like catsup or toothpaste: Unless you apply pressure, it won’t move in the tube.
There is a great deal of scientific evidence to suggest that a holistic approach combining the use of carefully chosen herbal remedies, along with lifestyle changes such as regular exercise, reduced salt intake, increased consumption of fruit and vegetables, can improve the overall cardiovascular health and lower blood pressure.
 Home Remedies for High Blood Pressure
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Angelica |
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Angelica contains fifteen compounds that act much like calcium channel blockers, a class drug that is a standard treatment for angina and high blood pressure. (Phyllis A. Balch, CNC ) |
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Barberry, Common |
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The alkaloids berberine, oxyacanthine, and columbamine are all strongly antibacterial. Berberine may also have antiviral properties and research shows that it dilates the arteries so lowering blood pressure as well as being anticonvulsant. (Mabey, Richard p29) |
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Bilberry |
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Anthocyanosides in bilberry have a collagen-stabilizing action, and are an active blood sugar reducer. Bilberry extracts help to keep atherosclerotic plaques from forming on the linings of arteries by strengthening the collagen that makes up the arterial walls. This also keeps the arteries flexible, which fights high blood pressure. Collagen is the most abundant protein of the body and is destroyed as a result of gout, inflammatory joint disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. (Phyllis A. Balch, CNC ) |
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Codonopsis Root |
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Studies show that codonopsis dilates peripheral blood vessels, and inhibits adrenal cortex activity, thereby lowering blood pressure. |
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Coleus Forskohlii |
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Forskolin has been shown to increase the concentration of a chemical called cAMP, thus dilating the walls of arteries. This action makes it useful in treating asthma and high blood pressure (White,Linda B., M.D. ) |
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Garlic |
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For those involved in pressures and anxieties of economic survival, it is comforting to know that the readily available and inexpensive garlic helps to lower hypertension, equalizes blood circulation, and is active against tumor formation. It is useful in such diverse conditions as athlete's foot, diabetes, rheumatism, sciatica, and pimples. (Dawson,Adele ) |
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Ginseng |
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Ginseng's adaptogen action helps the body to balance blood pressure, reducing high blood pressure and raising low blood pressure. Ginseng contains compounds that regulate both the strength of the heartbeat and blood pressure. If the body is deficient in potassium, these saponins slow the rate at which heart muscle fibers contract. If there is excess potassium, the saponins increase the
ing optimal potassium levels also eases high blood pressure. Laboratory tests show that American ginseng also lowers blood pressure by stimulating the conversion of the amino acid arginine to nitric oxide (NO), which causes the walls of blood vessels to relax. This action prevents the release of a protein known as endothelin, which can cause blood vessels to constrict during a heart attack. (Phyllis A. Balch, CNC ) |
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Lavender |
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Lavender is helpful in treating high blood pressure and relaxes cardiac spasms such as tachycardia. |
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Reishi |
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Triterpene-rich reishi mushrooms is also reputed to reduce hypertension. |
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Yarrow |
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Although useful as a wound herb, yarrow is mostly used for fevers and to relax blood vessels in high blood pressure. (Ody,Penelope ) |
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Ylang-Ylang |
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Hypotensive, useful as an element of treatment in high blood pressure. |
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