Has anyone ever used a natural medicine for high blood pressure?
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My husband has high blood pressure and is out of pills. We no longer have insurance so I figure why not try a natural approch.I know there has to be somthing out there in a pill form.all ideas are appreciated.
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My husband has high blood pressure and is out of pills. We no longer have insurance so I figure why not try a natural approch.I know there has to be somthing out there in a pill form.all ideas are appreciated.
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September 28th, 2009 at 1:35 am
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The best thing to do for high blood pressure is to reduce the salt and sodium in his diet. My mom uses this to treat MS as well. Here’s some tips
1. eat fresh or frozen vegetables, not canned
2. try to use other flavors besides salt, boullion, or prepackaged seasonings
3. don’t add any salt to foods you prepare yourself (it will take a while to get used to)
4. try to pick up whatever reduced sodium items you can, such as reduced sodium chicken broth, chips, crackers, and any other products you can find.
5. ask for salt free french fries when at a fast food place. McDonald’s will make them for you and the added plus is that you get them hot and fresh, and they actually get plenty of salt on them from the left over salt from the last batch of fries that was in the bin.
6. drink water over any other beverage, especially soda or try drinks like propel or flavored water.
7. eat everything in moderation, remember that it’s ok to have a handful of salty chips, just don’t eat the whole bag.
September 29th, 2009 at 7:01 am
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If we offered you a miracle remedy that cures “High Blood Pressure” would you buy it? Certainly you would. You won’t find it in a Pharmacy but at the Grocery Store.
Try the Natural Cures for High Blood Pressure.
Symptoms: Mild and moderate hypertension may not produce any symptoms for years. The first symptoms may appear in the form of pain toward the back of the head and neck on waking in the morning, which soon disappears. Some of the other usual symptoms of hypertension are dizziness, aches and pains in the arms, shoulder region, leg, back, etc., palpitations, pain in the heart region, frequent urination, nervous tension and fatigue, crossness, emotional upset, tiredness, and wakefulness.
A person suffering from high blood pressure cannot do any serious work, feels tired and out of sorts all the time. He may experience difficulty in breathing and suffer from dyspepsia. Hypertension, if not eliminated, may cause heart attacks or strokes or other disability conditions such as detachment of the retina.
Causes: The most important causes of hypertension are stress and a faulty style of living. People who are usually tense suffer from high blood pressure, especially when under stress. If the stress continues for a long period, the pressure may become permanently raised and may not become even after removal of the stress. An irregular life style, smoking and an excessive intake of intoxicants, tea, coffee, cola drinks, refined foods, destroy the natural pace of life. The expulsion of waste and poisonous matter from the body is prevented and the arteries and the veins become slack. hardening of the arteries, obesity, diabetes and severe constipation also lead to hypertension. Other causes of high blood pressure are excessive intake of painkillers, common table salt, food allergies, and eating a high fat, low fibre diet, processed foods deficient in essential nutrients.
The kidneys play an important role in controlling blood pressure through secretion of rennin, a natural chemical. If increased rennin is secreted by the kidneys, more salts are retained in the body, which leads to an increase in the volume of circulating blood and consequently to an increase in the blood pressure. Repeated infections and inflammation in the kidneys can also give rise to hypertension.
Cure: The modern medical treatment of high blood pressure is highly unscientific as it brings down the pressure by drugs without making any effort to remove the underlying causes. Drugs may temporarily reduce blood pressure, but they do not cure the condition and are harmful in the ultimate analysis. All drugs against hypertension without exception, are toxic and have distressing side effects. The safest way to cure hypertension is to remove the real cause. The natural way of dealing with it is to eliminate the poisons from the system which cause it. Persons with high blood pressure should always follow a well-balanced routine of proper diet, exercise and rest. Diet is of primary importance. Meat and eggs cause the blood pressure to rise more than any other food. The pressure is lowered and blood clotting diminished by partaking of a higher fruit content, lower protein and non-flesh diet. A natural diet consisting of fresh fruits and vegetables, instead of a traditional diet, is helpful in getting rid of the poisons from the body. A hypertension patient should start the process of healing by living on an exclusive fruit-diet for at least a week, and take fruits at five-hourly intervals thrice in the day. Oranges, apples, pears, mangoes, guava, pineapples, raspberry, and watermelon are the best diet in such cases. Bananas and jackfruit should not be taken. Milk may be taken after a week of ‘fruits only’ diet. The milk should be fresh and should be boiled only once. The patient can be permitted cereals in his food after two weeks.
Vegetables are also good for the patient of hypertension. They should preferably be taken raw. If they are cooked, it should be ensured that their natural juices are not burnt in the process of cooking. Vegetables like cucumber, carrot, tomatoes, onion, radish, cabbage and spinach are best taken in their raw form. They may be cut into small pieces and the juice of a lemon added to them so as to make them more palatable.
Garlic is regarded as one of the most effective remedies to lower blood pressure. The pressure and tension are reduced because it has the power to ease the spasms of the small arteries. Garlic also slows the pulse and modifies the heart rhythm besides relieving the symptoms of dizziness, numbness, shortness of breath and the formation of gas within the digestive tract. The average dosage should be two to three capsules a day to make a dent in the blood pressure. Indian gooseberry (amla) is another effective food remedy for high blood pressure. A tablespoonful each of fresh amla juice and honey mixed together should be taken every morning in this condition. Lemon is also regarded as a valuable food to control high blood pressure. It is a rich source of vitamin P which is found both in the juice and peel of the fruit. This vitamin is essential for preventing capillary fragility.
Watermelon is another valuable safeguard against high blood pressure. It was proved in recent experiments that a substance extracted from watermelon seeds has a definite action in dilating the blood vessels, which results in lowering the blood pressure.
Recent studies have revealed an important link between dietary calcium and potassium and hypertension. Researchers have found that people who take potassium-rich diets have a low incidence of hypertension even if they do not control their salt-intake. They have also found that people with hypertension do not seem to get much calcium in the form of dairy products. The two essential nutrients seem to help the body throw off excess sodium and are involved in important functions which control the working of the vascular system. Potassium is found in abundance in fruits and vegetables and calcium in dairy products.
Exercise plays an important role in curing hypertension. Walking is an excellent form of exercise. It helps to relieve tension, builds up the muscles and aids in the circulation of blood. As the blood pressure shows signs of abating, more exercise like bicycling, swimming, jogging should be taken. Yogic asanas such as surya namaskar, makrasana,matsyasana, vajrasana, ardhapadmasana, pavan-muktasana, shavasana, and simple pranayama like anuloma-viloma, and abdominal breathing are beneficial. All asanas should, however, be discontinued except shavasana if the blood pressure is above 200 mmHg.
Water Treatment: Prolonged neutral bath daily for an hour or so at 90 o to 95 o will be beneficial. Cold compress should be kept on the head during this bath. Other water treatments include hot foot or leg bath for 10 minutes, hot compress over the heart replacing it as bath cools down. Persons suffering from hypertension must ensure at least eight hours of restful sleep, because proper rest is an important aspect of the treatment. Most important of all, the patient must avoid over-straining, worries, tension, anger and haste. He must try to be cheerful and develop a contented mind. The natural treatment may take sometime but it is the safest and best way to get rid of this disease.
Hope this helps, Good Luck.
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Two natural supplements that are used for hypertension are Ginseng and Fish Oil. Buy quality from name brand sources. I like the iHerb website. Of course a bit of exercise and a good diet with lots of veggies will help also.
October 4th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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Glad you are looking to natural remedies. It is a trend that will only gain more acceptance as the general public begins to get more knowlegable regarding the ‘LD 50′ rule required for all pharmaceutical drugs to be prescribed to us.
Most natural remedies require a longer period for results since the best solution is to feed our cells at the cellular level so they can perform correctly within the different organs and systems within our bodies. Pharmaceuticals simply trick our bodies into removing the symptoms while the root cause remains. (Note also how they keep lowering the upper limit of what constitutes ‘high blood pressure’ so they can prescribe more high blood pressure medicine).
So, feed the cells what they want so they can correct the systems and symptoms.
Sounds simple, but it’s not easy.
Long term, disfunctions in the body’s systems (symptoms, diseases, etc.) results when there is something that disallows the cells from functioning properly. One of those main functions is communication. We are actually just now discovering the mechanism by which our cells communicate. The last 4 out of 6 Nobel Prizes in science have gone to the discovery that there are monosaccharides on the surface of each of our cells (in all mammals actually) that facilitate the communication between the cells.
When there is proper communication (when those monosaccharides are all present) between the cells, many of the disfunctions (symptoms) are restored to normal operation.
Short term (and possibly long term as in my case) I have found 2 things useful that almost immediately lowers my blood pressure. Maybe they are what my cells are missing nutritionally or maybe they act like a drug in that they just remove my symptom of high blood pressure. Not sure, but it give me the desired affect. (I do not profit in any way from recommending these two products).
The first thing is a product called Garlinase 4000. It probably only takes about 30 minutes to take affect and they say it is the only 1/day garlic pill. It also does NOT make your breath smell like garlic as does most garlic supplements. Good stuff.
The second thing is called ‘Cool Cayenne’. I have used this in conjunction with Garlinase, but Garlinase by itself seems to suffice for me without the abdominal pain that can result from the cayenne.
I would also recommend drinking more water. Most sources say to drink at least half your body weight in ounces of water. And, of course, caffeine is a diarrhetic. So drink 5 to 10 times the amount of caffenated drink consumed.
Note that the above are only suggestions for possible natural solutions obtained by supplementing our diets with nutritional supplements of the highest quality that cannot be found in any grocery store fruit or vegetable in the quantities required to affect any benefits. If you do any research at all, you will find that many of our foods do not have 5% of the nutritional value compared to 50+ years ago. So, we must supplement our diets with nutraceutical grade food supplements derived from plants from companies that have adopted GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices). These criteria will easily weed out the wrong sources of supplements. Note that these criteria are not met at any health food store that I am aware of.
My disclaimer must mention to seek the advice of your doctor concerning any of these recommendations to ensure that there would not be an interaction with any other prescriptions you may be taking.
Good luck.
October 5th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
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STOP, your husband can not just ‘quit’ taking his bp pills. A lot of them have a ‘rebound’ effect, and his bp will go higher than before!! It is extremely dangerous!!!
Uncontrolled high bp can result in burst blood vessels (aneurysm) and can result in death. Never, ever just stop taking blood pressure pills, please.
Go to the drugist, and ask for a 2 week supply. Tell him you do not have the money for a full month. Or get a one week supply, they will do that. You can also call your doctor’s office and ask if they can give you some free samples, tell them the situation, many times they do have samples.
Then, contact RX Outreach, they have many maintence meds for just $20 for a 90 day supply. It is very easy to qualify, and they require no proof of income. It will take 10-14 days to get your meds. You won’t have to pay shipping either. You will have to get your doctor to write a new 90 day prescription, but if you call his office and explain why you need it, they will do that for you and let you pick it up without an office call.
If in the future he wants to quit, he can start by cutting his pills in half, avoiding all salt in all foods, and take garlic & fish oil.
Good luck!
October 8th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
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There is one remedy that does not seem to get much publicity and that is the one recommended by Dr Linus Pauling who won two Nobel prizes for contributions to medicine.
What he recommends is 3 grams a day of Vitamin C combined with 3 grams of lysine a day.
A Yahoo search for “linus pauling” + “high blood pressure” + “Vitamin C” + lysine will tell you much more.