Posted on September 29, 2008 in Common Ailments
You must have heard people calling high blood pressure or hypertension as “Silent Killer”. Hypertension or high blood pressure is called as silent killer because it doesn’t have any symptoms and most of the people don’t even know they are suffering from it. According to American Heart Association (AHA) 1 out of 4 adults suffer from and hypertension and almost 1/3rd of them are unaware of the fact.
Though the exact cause of hypertension is not known but some of the possible causes of high blood pressure are:
- Essential or primary hypertension
- Over-weight
- Age
- Heredity
- Excess sodium consumption
- Kidney abnormalities
- Tumor in adrenal gland
- Abnormality of endocrine gland
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Alcohol and cigarette smoking
- Pregnancy
- Certain medications like oral contraceptives, decongestants, over the counter cold remedies and pain relievers and few other prescribed drugs
- Prohibited drugs like amphetamines or cocaine
Home Remedies for High Blood Pressure:
If left untreated hypertension can lead to serious diseases like kidney damage, stroke, congestive heart failure, atherosclerosis and heart attack. Besides conventional medications there are several natural ways to control high blood pressure. You can easily lower your blood pressure with effective home remedies. Some of the effective home remedies for hypertension are listed below:
- Mix 1 tsp of fresh lemon juice and 2 spoonful of honey and drink this mixture twice a day. This is one of the most effective and beneficial home remedy for high blood pressure.
- Eat lots of watermelon as it is highly beneficial in case of hypertension. Cut few slices of watermelon and add little black pepper and salt. Now with hands crush the slices and extract its juice. Drink this flavored watermelon juice daily and you will observe significant reduction in your blood pressure with 3-4 days.
- In equal quantity mix watermelon seeds and poppy seeds (Khus Khus) and make fine powder and store the powder in a glass bottle. Every morning on an empty stomach eat about 3-5gms of this powder. Continue this remedy for at least 1 month for effective result.
- Next most important fruit for people suffering from hypertension is papaya. Make sure that you eat 2-3 slices of papaya every morning and evening. Besides normalizing your blood pressure it flush out all the toxins and clears your bowel.
- Try to include fruits and vegetables like oranges and other citrus fruits rich in Vitamin C. It is important in normalizing high blood pressure. In case you have too high blood pressure then make sure that you eat oranges on an empty stomach and reduce the quantity of other foods.
- Mix equal quantity of cumin seeds, fennel seeds and sugar and make a fine powder. In a glassful of water mix 1tsp of the powder and drink it every morning and evening. This effective and safe natural remedy for hypertension and can be consumed during pregnancy.
- To 1tbsp of fresh Indian gooseberry juice add 1tbsp of honey. Consume this mixture every morning. This is another effective home remedy for high blood pressure. Indian gooseberry is rich source of Vitamin C.
- Garlic is considered to highly effective in lowering blood pressure. Daily consume 1-2 garlic cloves rolled in raisin. This is another effective natural remedy for high blood pressure.
- It is observed that people suffering from hypertension or high blood pressure generally suffer from calcium deficiency. Hence it is advisable to include calcium rich food in your diet. Good sources of calcium are low-fat milk, yogurt, cooked turnip greens, cottage cheese and canned salmon. And it is also advisable to take Vitamin D supplement for increased assimilation of calcium.
- It is advisable to eat raw vegetables as much as possible as raw vegetables contain essential oils beneficial in lowering blood pressure. Try to eat lot of cabbage, onion, cucumber, radish and carrots. Besides this make sure that you cut down your salt consumption.
High blood pressure increases the risk of number of health problems hence it is essential that you keep a check on it.
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September 29th, 2008 at 10:58 am
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