Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a condition that increases the risk of strokes, heart attacks, kidney failure and other serious health problems. Therefore, it is very important to find out whether you have it, and if you do, what you need to do to regulate it.
There are many ways and possibilities to support hypertension with drugs or with drug free natural high blood pressure remedies. For example, it is a good idea to eat healthy, exercise and walk more, drink more water, get rid of habits like drinking or smoking a lot and try to reduce stress in your life and if possible work in a stress free job. If you want to do even more you can use different herbal remedies as well. Many people do not know that there is a wide range of different herbs that can really help to support hypertension.
Herbs like ginger, garlic, hawthorn, mistletoe or celery can all contribute to normalizing your blood pressure.
The mistletoe
The mistletoe is a plant growing in the branches of trees and we know that hundreds of years ago people were already using it to treat various diseases. In some regions people even believed that this plant was holy because of its stunning healing powers.
One effective way to use these healing powers as a high blood pressure remedy is to drink mistletoe tea regularly. To make a mistletoe tea take one teaspoon of mistletoe (fresh or dried) and put it into 1/4 litre of cool water. Let it soak overnight. Then filter it and warm it up the next morning. To make this an effective remedy you should drink three to four cups a day, one after each meal and an additional one if you like it. You should drink mistletoe tea for several months because even if your blood pressure normalizes it will help you
to keep it low if you keep on drinking it.
In the U.S. mistletoe extract is not sold. However, on the internet it is not that hard to find some European online stores that sell it. You can also use mistletoe baths to decrease your stress level and improve your overall health, which are two important aspects if we talk about hypertension. Many distributors of natural and herbal remedies sell great mistletoe baths and some other good mistletoe products.
Garlic
Garlic is somewhat popular as a herbal cure for hypertension. It contains a substance called allicin, which relaxes the blood vessels, lowers the blood pressure and reduces the damage to the blood vessels.
Garlic also lowers cholesterol gets rid of plaque and helps to prevent the building of clots of blood in the vessels.
If you are afraid of the odor whole garlic can cause you can use garlic supplements instead. This will add allicin to your daily diet as well. However if you want to get the best results and all of the health benefits of garlic it is even better to eat whole garlic.
To support hypertension effectively you should eat about 2 to 3 cloves daily. This is not that much and of course you do not have to eat it raw and all at the same time. You can just add a little to each of your meals.
Ginger
Ginger is not as effective as garlic when it comes to reducing hypertension. However it is a good idea to add it to your daily diet since it’ll benefit your overall health in several ways and it’ll stimulate your digestive system which will lead to a higher concentration of good nutrients in your blood stream and to a to better blood circulation. A good way to use ginger for a herbal high blood pressure remedy is to add it to your diet as a spice or to drink ginger tea. To make a ginger tea, peel a fresh ginger root and then cut of 10 to 14 slices of ginger. Keep the rest of the root for later use and put the slices into a saucepan with 3 1/2 cups of water.
Let the water boil on medium heat for 15 minutes and let the ginger steep for five minutes afterward. Then take out the ginger slices and add honey or lemon juice if you like. Ginger tea does not only benefit your health if you drink it with some honey and lemon juice it is a very good sweet, sour and spicy drink. You should drink 2 to 3 cups a day.
Celery
Celery as a high blood pressure remedy can help to fight hypertension by getting rid of different toxins that cause high blood pressure. It does this by increasing the urine flow, which is a very effective way to get rid of toxins and harmful substances in your body in general.
Like mistletoe and ginger, you can consume celery as a drink. As a juice to be more specific. To make celery juice first visit your local grocery store and get some firm, straight and dark in colour celery stalks that are rigid in texture as well. Then clean the celery and cut of the top and the bottom part of the stalks.
Juice one whole stalk with your juicer and fill the celery juice into an 8 oz size glass. Stir the drink and drink it soon after preparation. It is recommended that you drink one glass a day.
Hawthorn
Hawthorn is a herb that has a good effect on the diastolic blood pressure so your blood pressure when your heart is resting during the cardiac cycle. It also influences the systolic blood pressure but its effect on the diastolic pressure is way bigger and more important.
This herb supports the blood flow and opens arteries, which leads to a reduction of the overall blood pressure.
If you want to try hawthorn as a high blood pressure remedy I recommend that you see your doctor first and talk about the usage of hawthorn. You should make sure that you do not take other medications or vitamins and supplements that could interact with hawthorn in a negative way.
You can take hawthorn capsules or drink hawthorn tea. Talk about the details of the use and dosage of Hawthorn as a remedy for high blood pressure with your doctor and only take the dosages your doctor recommends.
Overall, I would recommend that you consult your doctor before you use any kind of treatment on your own. Although the blood pressure remedies I just presented are mainly harmless and this means that there is no real downside to them, it is always a good idea to consult a professional and ask for his or her opinion.
Johannes Stolp is a Internet Marketer and Consultant supporting people who suffer from hypertension by providing information about natural high blood pressure remedies.High Blood Pressure Remedy
