Home remedies for hypertension 

Home remedy for hypertension

• If you are suffering from high blood pressure then reduce the intake of salt.
• If you are suffering from low blood pressure then increase the intake of salt.
• Exercise regularly. This regulates blood pressure. Just take care that if there is any difficulty in breathing or any pain in the chest, reduce the rate of exercise.
• Take balanced & nutritious diet.
• Low blood pressure patients should take nutritious food & correct their life style.
• Try to finish your work in time to avoid work-related stress.
• Take adequate food & eat only those foods which have low quantity of protein.
• Vegetarian food is the best food. To remove toxic substances from the body, eat a lot of fresh fruits & vegetables instead of traditional foodstuff.
• Kidney plays an important role in controlling blood pressure. Always keep kidneys healthy. For this, physical exercise is important.
• To get relief from blood pressure with the help of natural methods, patients should take a fruit diet for at least one week. In this, oranges, apples, pears, mango, guava, pineapple, watermelon, etc. are quite useful. These should be taken three times a day with a gap of five hours in between. Do not take banana or jackfruit. Milk should be taken only after a week. It should be fresh & just boiled once.
• Vegetables are very helpful for high blood pressure patients. They should be eaten raw. If they have to be cooked, take care that their natural juices do not burn out.
• Cucumber, carrot, tomato, onion, radish, cabbage, spinach, etc. should be eaten raw.
• Garlic is recognized to be a natural cure. Eating garlic regularly regularizes blood pressure & tension because it has the medicinal property of reducing the shrinkage of fine capillaries. Apart from giving relief in nausea, unconsciousness, breathlessness, it also gives relief in gas, & improves the working of the heart by reducing the pulse. If 2-3 cloves of garlic are consumed everyday then it has a profound effect on blood pressure.
• The intake of amla (gooseberry) is also helpful in blood pressure. Take one teaspoon of amla juice with equal amount of honey everyday in the morning.
• Lemon also normalizes high blood pressure. The vitamin ‘C’ present in it prevents weakness in the fine capillaries.
• Eat the seeds of watermelon. The seeds of watermelon have a substance that helps in enlarging the blood vessels. When the blood vessels become enlarged, the pressure automatically lowers.
• Food rich in potassium & calcium also controls high blood pressure. Potassium is present in fruits & vegetables & calcium is found mainly in milk & milk products.
• Walking is the best exercise for high blood pressure. It reduces tension. Muscles are strengthened & blood circulation improves.
• When blood pressure starts reducing, for greater exercise, take the help of cycling & jogging. Yoga is also helpful.
• There should be regular check-up of blood pressure. This gives an update of the situation.
• Equal amounts of onion juice & honey should be mixed & 10 gm should be taken once daily as an ffective cure for blood pressure. Onion juice reduces cholesterol levels in the blood thus reducing the chance of heart attacks. Onion is a tonic for the nervous system, purifies blood, helps in digestion, improves the working of the heart & prevents insomnia. Honey has a soothing effect on the body & reduces the excitement in the blood vessels, thus reducing high blood pressure. With honey the heart becomes strong & everlasting.
• Grind the kernel of watermelon seeds & white khus-khus (poppy seeds) separately. Mix equal weights of each & keep aside. Take 3 gm every morning on empty stomach with water. This reduces blood pressure & improves sleep at night. Headache also reduces. Take for 3-4 weeks as required.
• Take 3gm of fenugreek seed powder with water early morning & evening on empty stomach for 10-15 days to reduce high blood pressure. This also helps in diabetes.
• After food, chew 1-2 peeled cloves of garlic raw along with water or insert the garlic cloves in 1-2 deseeded sultanas (munakka) & have it. Fresh cloves of garlic help in normalizing blood pressure.
• Grind equal quantities of wheat & gram. Make rotis of the flour with wheat bran & eat them. Improvement will be seen in high blood pressure within 1-2 days.
• Keep water in a copper tumbler at night & drink this in the morning to lower blood pressure & helps in controlling it.
• Mix four tulsi leaves, two neem leaves along with 24 spoons of water for 5-7 days every morning on empty stomach to help in high blood pressure.
• Eat tree-ripened papaya every morning for one month & do not eat anything for two hours after this. This helps in high blood pressure.