How to Treat High Blood Pressure Naturally

How to Treat High Blood Pressure Naturally

While prescription medications can lower blood pressure, side effects such as leg cramps, dizziness, and insomnia can occur. Fortunately, most people can lower their blood pressure naturally without medication using home remedies for low blood pressure (called hypotension). Start by reaching a healthy weight (these tips can help you). Then try these strategies to reduce your risk of heart disease.

High blood pressure plays a role in more than 15% of deaths in the United States.

Below are some points that are helpful in controlling high blood pressure

1. Go for a walk

Exercise helps the heart use oxygen more efficiently, so it doesn't have to work as hard to pump blood. Hypertensive patients who took fitness walks at a brisk pace lowered pressure by almost 8 mmHg over 6 mmHg, the study found.

2. Take a deep breath

Slow breathing and meditative practices such as qigong, yoga and tai chi reduce stress hormones, which increase renin, a kidney enzyme that increases blood pressure. Try 5 minutes morning and evening for low pressure. Take a deep breath and stretch your stomach. Breathe out and let go of all your tension. (Try these Stress-relieving yoga Poses to relieve tension.)

3. Pick potatoes every day

Loading up on potassium-rich fruits and vegetables is an important part of any pressure-lowering program, says Linda Van Horn, Ph.D., RD, professor of preventative medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Aim for 2,000 to 4,000 mg of potassium per day, she says.

4. Be salt smart

Certain groups of people—the elderly, African Americans, and those with a family history of high blood pressure—are more likely than others to have pressure that is particularly salt (or sodium) sensitive.

5. Treat yourself to chocolate

Dark chocolates contain flavanols, which make blood vessels more elastic and increase the likelihood of low blood pressure. In one study, 18% of patients who ate it every day saw a reduction in pressure

6. Take a good supplement

In a review of 12 studies, researchers found that coenzyme Q10 reduced pressure by up to 17 mmHg over 10 mmHg.

7. Drink light alcohol

According to a review of 15 studies, the less you drink, the lower your blood pressure will go down to a certain point. For example, a study of women at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found that light drinking (defined as a quarter to half a drink per day for a woman) can actually lower blood pressure more than no drink per day.

8. Relax with music

They asked 28 adults who were already taking medication for high blood pressure to listen to soothing classical, Celtic or Indian music for 30 minutes a day while breathing slowly.

I think, firstly, get to a healthy weight. Then try these strategies to reduce your risk of heart disease.