How To Manage High Blood Pressure With Natural Remedies?

 

 

17 May is regarded as World Hypertension day or the High Blood Pressure Day. It is believed that one in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure and this disease of High blood pressure or Hypertension is regarded as silent killer. 

 

Natural Ways & Remedies To Manage High Blood Pressure

There are some effective Ayurveda Home Remedies  as well as Natural Lifestyle Tips For High Blood Pressure which may be considered and understood when you need to manage hypertension or the ailment of high blood pressure.

  • When you have to manage high BP, always keep this in mind that first of all you need to be aware of the underlying cause of Hypertension.
  • This is because High blood pressure may result from a number of factors like hereditary, improper diet regimen, increased stress level, sedentary lifestyle et all.
  • According to Ayurveda therapeutic science, vitiation of the Vata dosha or the air body humor is believed to result into production of this ailment.
  • Generally Ayurveda physician would advise you anti-hypertensive medicines as well as anti-anxiety natural drugs.
  • Sarapgandha and its preparations are very often prescribed as the drug of choice for hypertension.

 

What Ayurveda Says About High Blood Pressure?

In Ayurveda text, high blood pressure is termed as Urdhva Rakta Chapp or Rakta Vata. This mainly implies that in the therapeutic discipline of Ayurveda high blood pressure or hypertension results from aggravation and imbalance in the Vata dosha or the Air body humor.

 

 Holistic Therapy For High Blood Pressure

Ayurveda, being the science of life focuses on the lifestyle changes that need to be brought into practice.

  • Therefore, if you are having high blood pressure, you would be advised to take proper rest and relaxation. 
  • Along with you need to abstain from strenuous exercises
  • And as well as keep away from mental stress

 

Good Night Sleep Is Essential

Also, having a good night sleep is must for controlling high blood pressure.

Thus, in case you’re facing sleep doldrums or you are already suffering from the ailment of insomnia, it needs to be rectified or else this forms a vicious cycle which interferes both with your blood pressure as well as sleep patterns.

 

 

 

Natural Lifestyle Tips for High Blood Pressure

  • Ayurveda also strongly cautions against holding on to the non-suppressible natural urges of the body. The thirteen natural urges when suppressed forcibly results into distortion and loss of health.
  • Also, in this case there could be imbalance of Vata dosha, and this makes you hypertensive.
  • High salt content and friend, spicy and more chilies in everyday diet also reasons for the dreaded disease of high blood pressure.
  • Alcohol and smoking needs to be restricted in everyday lifestyle.
  • Sedentary lifestyle which leads to over-weight or obesity, lays easy foundation to the life-long distressing ailment of high blood pressure. This means being cautious of your optimum weight and maintaining the same would be great help both for preventing as well as curing high blood pressure.
  • Mental health plays important role in keeping your blood pressure levels in control. Taking up the schedules of Meditation and the Yoga poses of Shavasana and Yoga Nidra are good help.

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  • Ayurveda Panchkarma technique of Shirodhara can be of great assistance. 

  • Yoga asanas of Shavasana and Yoga Nidra would help particularly and subsequently to boost the results. Early morning walk in the fresh air and increasing water intake would be beneficial.
  • You need to wake up early in the morning, actually with the first morning sun rays! The juvenile ultraviolet rays emitted during dawn tend to work as mind stimulators and mood dilators!

  • Take to Vegetarian or even a vegan diet which is more Satvik and therefore enhances positivism of the mind. More of seasonal fruits, vegetables, sprouts.

  • Naturopathy suggests taking alkaline diet more than 80% in daily food intake. 

  • It also conveys that you need avoidance of salt and fried foods in diet.

  • Going in for daily hot water bath of your feet especially at bedtime is recommended.

 

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Ayurveda Home Remedies and Natural Herbs for High Blood Pressure

  • The herb of Asparagus in the form of powder or juice is helpful in high blood pressure.
  • You could also swallow 2 to 3 fresh bulbs of Garlic daily on an empty stomach to stay clear of the malady of hypertension or high blood pressure.
  • It is advised that you pre-soak garlic in water before use.
  • A few drops of almond oil mixed in milk tend to soothe the nerves and help to keep down the high blood pressure due to anxiety.
  • Ayurveda acclaims the virtues of Arjuna which is highly recommended for the heart disease as well as for High Blood pressure.

 

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Ayurvedic Recipes For High Blood Pressure

  1. You can make it into a Arjuna decoction (Kadha) . For this, you need to boil the bark of an Arjuna tree and  This may be taken in the dosage of approx. 30 ml twice a day.
  2. Also, pound the roots of the herb Sarapgandha. You can take the powder thus produced in a dosage of half teaspoon twice a day. This helps to lower down the elevated blood pressure.
  3. Here is another Ayurvedic Recipes For High Blood Pressure. Take approx. 1 to 3 grams of a paste of garlic along with buttermilk twice a day.
  4. Another way, Garlic can be fried in little desi ghee (clarified butter).  You can take this in a dose of 1 to 3 grams  twice or thrice a day.

 

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