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Using Herbs for
Hypertension HBP

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.

Hypertension HBP remedies


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remedyHome Remedies for Hypertension HBP
Angelica root tea* Dandelion and bilberry "coffee"* Forskolin Extracts* Garlic for High Blood Pressure* High Blood pressure tea*


Common and inexpensive garlic
helps to lower hypertension

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.


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Herbs for :Hypertension HBP

Buchu * Cacao * Cleavers * Codonopsis Root * Coleus Forskohlii * Corydalis * Dandelion * Evening Primrose * Hawthorn * Hibiscus * Hyssop * Jiaogulan * Lavender * Lemon * Lemon Balm * Maitake mushroom * Marjoram,Sweet * Motherwort * Passion Flower * Reishi * Yarrow * Ylang-Ylang *

Angelica For: Angina and high blood pressure.
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, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002)

Barberry For: Lower blood pressure
Barberry
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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.

Richard Mabey, The New Age Herbalist (1988)

Billberry For: Atherosclerosis and high blood pressure.
Billberry
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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, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002)

Buchu For: High blood pressure
Buchu
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Buchu is a natural alternative to prescription diuretics for high blood pressure

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Codonopsis For: High Blood Pressure
Codonopsis
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Studies show that codonopsis dilates peripheral blood vessels, and inhibits adrenal cortex activity, thereby lowering blood pressure.
Coleus Forskolin For: Asthma and high blood pressure
Coleus Forskolin
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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

Linda B. White, M.D., The Herbal Drugstore (2003)

Garlic For: Hypertension, blood circulation
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.

Adele Dawson, Herbs: Partners in Life (2000)

Ginseng For: Balance blood pressure
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, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002)

Hibiscus For: High Blood Pressure
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Drinking hibiscus tea lowered blood pressure in a group of pre-hypertensive and mildly hypertensive adults, according to a study by the USDA

. Study Shows Consuming Hibiscus Tea Lowers Blood Pressure. (November 10, 2008), USDA

Jiaogulan Tea For: Weight loss, blood pressure
Jiaogulan Tea
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The active constituents in Jiao-gu-lan have been identified as saponins classified as gypenosides, which are very similar in actions and properties to the ginsenoside found in ginseng. The presence of these compounds in high concentrations could explain the strong adaptogenic activity of the herb. It reduces the negative effects of stress, has a normalizing effect on blood pressure, and thins the blood. Daily use of the tea may even help increase the metabolism of fats, and be used in successful weight loss programs.

Richo Cech, Making Plant Medicine (2000)

Lavender For: HBP, heart tonic
Lavender
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Lavender is helpful in treating high blood pressure and relaxes cardiac spasms such as tachycardia.
Motherwort For: Lower blood pressure
Motherwort
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Glycosides found in motherwort have the effect of lowering blood pressure, reducing stress on the heart muscle

Steven Foster and Yue chongxi, Herbal Emissaries (1992)

Reishi mushrooms For: Hypertension
Reishi mushrooms
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Triterpene-rich reishi mushrooms is also reputed to reduce hypertension.
Tea For: Atherosclerosis
Tea
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The polphenols in tea help to fight plaque buildup in addition to the antibacterial compounds.
Yarrow For: High Blood pressure
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.

Penelope Ody, Home Herbal (1995)

Ylang ylang For: High blood pressure
Ylang ylang
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The sedative property of ylang-ylang calms excitability, making sleep easier. The oil is also hypotensive, useful as an element of treatment in high blood pressure. Other uses in aromatherapy include heart palpitations, anxiety, depression, and as a general tonic.

Valerie Ann Worwood, The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy (1993)

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