Folk remedies for lowering blood pressure
The content of the article:
- Why it is necessary to reduce high blood pressure
- Folk remedies that reduce pressure
- High blood pressure lifestyle
- Disease Information
- Video
Folk remedies for lowering pressure can act as an independent therapy in the initial stages of hypertension, or as an addition to the main treatment. Not all of them are completely harmless, so you should consult your doctor about their use.
Folk remedies are especially effective in the early stages of hypertension.
Why it is necessary to reduce high blood pressure
High blood pressure (BP) can be observed in a person for a long time, but it is a mistake to believe that if it is not too high, then it is not dangerous at all. Arterial hypertension slowly changes the structure of the vascular wall, due to which it loses its strength and elasticity. This occurs throughout the body, especially within the parenchymal organs. It is a persistent increase in blood pressure (blood pressure) that gradually leads to many diseases of the cardiovascular system and a number of organ failure with high mortality. Therefore, constant monitoring of the pressure level and correction in case of its increase is required.
Hypertension can be stopped not only with medication - at home, you can quickly lower blood pressure with folk remedies. And if the correctly selected therapy is accompanied by a correction of lifestyle and diet, then it is likely to take blood pressure under control.
Folk remedies that reduce pressure
Traditional medicine has in its arsenal many means to help relieve high blood pressure. They are usually available and safe when used correctly.
What is good for helping to quickly lower blood pressure? Acetic foot compresses are popular. Their action is to irritate the skin directly under the compress, which causes a reflex decrease in vascular tone, vasodilation and blood outflow into the venous bed. At the same time, the pressure decreases. To prepare such a compress, it is necessary to mix water and vinegar in equal proportions, soak a small towel with the mixture. With a damp towel, the legs are wrapped as tightly as possible in order to increase the contact area of the vinegar solution with the skin, keep the compress for 10 minutes. Then the towel is removed and the feet are washed with cool water.
Flax seeds for hypertension are useful in any form
Flax seeds are an effective long-term treatment for lowering blood pressure. This agent is not able to reduce blood pressure quickly, but due to its composition (and flax seeds contain a huge amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, the most famous of which is omega-3-fatty acids) strengthens the walls of blood vessels, inhibits the development of atherosclerotic processes and stimulates regeneration. There are many ways to use seeds - you can simply add them to salads, pastries or any other dishes, make a decoction from them, and also take 3 tablespoons a day - one in the morning, afternoon and evening.
Tincture of pine cones with vodka will help to lower the pressure. It is prepared in the following way: open pine cones are collected, which are thoroughly washed from dust and dirt. A liter jar is completely filled with clean cones, after which they must be filled with vodka, which should cover them. The contents of the jar are infused for two to three weeks in a dark place, then filtered through several layers of gauze. The liquid can be either dark brown or light, as well as a red tint. Drink 1 teaspoon of tincture 3 times a day half an hour before meals, adding to tea or water.
The habitual garlic is an effective remedy in the fight against hypertension, and it is always at hand. The plant has an anti-inflammatory effect, changes the rheological properties of blood, reducing its viscosity and facilitating the dissolution of dense blood clots (thrombi), which can lead to thromboembolic complications, and lowers plasma cholesterol levels. It is not difficult to prepare an infusion of garlic: two or three cloves are finely chopped and infused for 10-12 hours in a glass of water. Then the liquid is filtered and drunk ½ cup in the morning and in the evening every day, for several weeks in a row until a stable therapeutic effect is achieved.
You can also make a garlic tincture by chopping a few cloves of garlic and pouring a glass of vodka. After three weeks in a dark place, filter the resulting liquid and drink ½ teaspoon three times a day half an hour before meals.
Before use, it is advisable to prepare beet juice several hours before use.
Freshly squeezed fruit, berry and vegetable juices perfectly compensate for the negative effect of high blood pressure and smoothly reduce it. It is worth noting that this method is not suitable for everyone - berry juices have a high content of acids, fruit juices - sugars, therefore, their excessive use is contraindicated for people with diseases of the digestive tract or diabetes mellitus. Otherwise, it is a very useful method of dealing with hypertension.
Vegetable juices effectively reduce blood pressure:
- beet juice - rich in organic acids that cleanse the walls of blood vessels and reduce the risk of dangerous complications of arterial hypertension;
- carrot juice - contains rutin, or vitamin P, which significantly strengthens the walls of blood vessels;
- cucumber juice - usually used as an addition to other juices, while normalizing electrolyte balance and urine output, normalizing blood pressure.
Combinations of different juices are also used. For example, a mixture of carrot, beetroot and kiwi juice in a ratio of 10: 3: 1 has a good effect. The resulting mixture is taken 10-15 minutes before meals, two to three tablespoons. It should be borne in mind that freshly squeezed juices cannot be stored, they must be prepared in small portions immediately before use (with the exception of beet juice, which is recommended to be prepared 2-3 hours before consumption to allow it to settle).
A pronounced effect with regular use are mixtures based on honey. Such a mixture is useful: 200 ml of honey, 300 ml of viburnum juice or mashed potatoes and the juice of half a lemon. The resulting product can be used as a dessert for tea. Cranberries in this recipe can be replaced with chokeberries or cranberries without losing the therapeutic effect.
The most popular folk remedies for lowering blood pressure include medications from medicinal plants. Which plants have medicinal properties? Below are several recipes for herbal preparations that effectively lower blood pressure:
- The fruits of hawthorn, dill, chokeberry and rose hips are mixed in equal proportions. The resulting mixture is poured into 1 liter of boiling water, insisted for about 3 hours. Filter the broth, cool and take half a glass three times a day before meals.
- Prepare a mixture of herbs, taking in equal amounts motherwort, hawthorn, lingonberry and strawberry leaves, chokeberry fruits. Three tablespoons of the ready-made herbal collection pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, leave for 6 hours, strain. Drink the broth three times a day for 1/3 cup.
- A pronounced sedative and antihypertensive effect is produced by such a collection - valerian root and leaves, lemon balm leaves, mint, yarrow herb in equal proportions. Pour 250 ml of boiling water over a tablespoon of the collection and leave for at least 4 hours. Drink a quarter of a glass (you can both before and after meals).
How to reduce blood pressure with folk remedies using berries? The most effective berries in relation to lowering blood pressure are viburnum and black chokeberry. They can be eaten neat (50-100 g daily for 3-4 weeks and longer) or ground with sugar or honey and used as a dessert for tea. However, the jam should not be boiled, it will not have the same beneficial properties as a fresh product - during cooking, the substances that cause the therapeutic effect are destroyed. If sugar consumption is contraindicated, you can make an aqueous tincture from crushed berries. Such berry medicines can be taken to reduce blood pressure in pregnant women.
Viburnum and chokeberry are two of the most effective berries in the fight against high blood pressure
Fermented milk products have a beneficial effect on blood pressure levels. Therefore, you can drink a glass of kefir per day, and to enhance the effect, it is recommended to add a pinch of cinnamon and / or dried ginger to it.
High blood pressure lifestyle
What is the reason for the occurrence of arterial hypertension? One of the main risk factors is atherosclerosis, the appearance of which directly depends on the diet. Therefore, with increased pressure, you should revise your menu: exclude fatty and too high-calorie foods, increase the protein content, while simultaneously reducing the amount of carbohydrates in the diet. It is necessary to stop excessive salt intake, limiting yourself to a few pinches a day. The presence of fermented milk products, fresh vegetables and fruits in the daily diet is imperative. You can not use drinks that increase blood pressure - tonics, black coffee and strong tea.
It is important to dose the physical activity. Overvoltage leads to an increase in blood pressure, but the lack of proper load leads to a violation of the regulation of the tone of peripheral vessels, weakening of the heart muscle. It is necessary to perform a set of morning exercises, take daily walks.
Refusal of bad habits is required for hypertension. In particular, you should give up smoking, which causes constant vasospasm, traumatizing their wall. Alcohol dilates blood vessels, and therefore it is believed that it is useful for hypertension. This is not the case - alcohol promotes dehydration, which completely negates its vasodilating effect.
Disease Information
Arterial hypertension is characterized by a persistent and prolonged increase in blood pressure, which is accompanied by characteristic symptoms - headache, weakness, tinnitus, flies before the eyes, a feeling of cold or heat, squeezing the head, throbbing pain in the eyes. The clinical manifestations of the disease vary in individual patients, but if from time to time or constantly a person experiences some of the listed symptoms, hypertension can be suspected.
You need to measure blood pressure even if you feel well, in order to know your working pressure
To diagnose the disease, it is imperative to measure blood pressure. It is correct to do this three times on each hand, and then calculate the average. Pressure standards are individual, but fluctuations from 110 to 140 mm Hg are considered permissible. Art. for the upper indicator, and from 60 to 90 - for the lower one. The pressure must be measured daily, including when you feel well, in order to find out the individual rate, the so-called working pressure. Starting from it, the presence of arterial hypertension is determined.
The cause of the disease in most cases is unknown - essential hypertension does not have a clear etiology, but there are dozens of risk factors, the most significant of which are stress, malnutrition, atherosclerotic processes in the vascular wall, disturbed sleep and wakefulness (overwork). In men, the disease is more dangerous due to the lack of estrogens, which in women perform a protective function, lowering blood pressure.
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Nikita Gaidukov About the author
Education: 4th year student of the Faculty of Medicine No. 1, specializing in General Medicine, Vinnitsa National Medical University. N. I. Pirogov.
Work experience: Nurse of the cardiology department of the Tyachiv Regional Hospital No. 1, geneticist / molecular biologist in the Polymerase Chain Reaction Laboratory at VNMU named after N. I. Pirogov.
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