Mukta Vati 

What to do in high blood pressure

• 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 and nutritious diet.
• Low blood pressure patients should take nutritious food and correct their life style.
• Try to finish your work in time to avoid work-related stress.
• Take adequate food and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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, and 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 and calcium also controls high blood pressure. Potassium is present in fruits and vegetables and calcium is found mainly in milk and milk products.
• Walking is the best exercise for high blood pressure. It reduces tension. Muscles are strengthened and blood circulation improves.
• When blood pressure starts reducing, for greater exercise, take the help of cycling and 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 and honey should be mixed and 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 and prevents insomnia. Honey has a soothing effect on the body and reduces the excitement in the blood vessels, thus reducing high blood pressure. With honey the heart becomes strong and everlasting.
• Grind the kernel of watermelon seeds and white khus-khus (poppy seeds) separately. Mix equal weights of each and keep aside. Take 3 gm every morning on empty stomach with water. This reduces blood pressure and improves sleep at night. Headache also reduces. Take for 3-4 weeks as required.
• Take 3gm of fenugreek seed powder with water early morning and 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) and have it. Fresh cloves of garlic help in normalizing blood pressure.
• Grind equal quantities of wheat and gram. Make rotis of the flour with wheat bran and eat them. Improvement will be seen in high blood pressure within 1-2 days.
• Keep water in a copper tumbler at night and drink this in the morning to lower blood pressure and 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 and do not eat anything for two hours after this. This helps in high blood pressure.