For hypertension, medication therapy is prescribed, but you can lower your blood pressure at home with simple herbal remedies. Plants contain many useful substances with unique medicinal properties. Natural herbal infusions have no side effects, they do not contain chemicals and improve your well-being within half an hour to an hour after taking. Each herb has its own set of beneficial properties that have a positive effect on the body. In order not to make a mistake in choosing a herb for blood pressure, you need to know the root cause. A doctor will help you figure out the cause.
How to treat hypertension with herbs
In most cases, high blood pressure is associated with the presence of cardiovascular diseases and disruptions in metabolic processes. Medicinal herbs are of particular relevance at the very beginning of the disease or when surges in blood pressure are associated with emotional disorders.
Herbs that can lower blood pressure are used as therapeutic agents. Medicinal plants of this type include mint, lemon balm, oregano, hawthorn fruits, and chokeberry. In order to improve the performance of the heart and blood vessels, flax seeds are used, and against the formation of blood clots and blood thinning, they drink infusions and decoctions of linden flowers, raspberries, calendula, and black currant fruits.
Additional benefits
In addition to the main effect, herbal medicines can have additional effects: increase the force of heart contraction, help with angina pectoris, neuroses and insomnia. Herbs have a positive effect on the female reproductive system. Herbal medicines can relieve spasms, convulsions, and have a preventive effect against strokes and heart attacks.
The beneficial qualities of medicinal plants increase the body's resistance to external factors, they strengthen the immune system and resist infections. Patients noted that after the first course of herbal medicine there was a slowdown in heart rate, elimination of neuroses and insomnia.
Contraindications and side effects
Along with vasodilation, a person may experience symptoms such as slower reactions, drowsiness and diarrhea. When eliminating tachycardia, some patients experience nausea and heaviness in the stomach. Some side effects include:
- drowsiness and lethargy;
- Skin rashes;
- Increased acidity in gastric juice.
It is not recommended to take herbs for hypertension without consulting your doctor, otherwise you may experience negative consequences.
Admission Tips
By using herbs for high blood pressure, you can speed up recovery and improve the overall effect of therapy, because using excipients you can use stronger tablet or injection drugs in a lower dosage, which will reduce the frequency of side effects.
If you use herbal preparations without the addition of tablet substances or other pharmacological components, then you can drink them in the morning, before meals. This will have the maximum effect as nothing will interfere with the absorption of the active substance.
Drug interactions
If you take herbs correctly and do not exceed the dosage, side effects will be minimized. Every natural medicine has contraindications:
- People prone to allergic reactions should be especially careful with herbal medicines.
- Pregnant women are prohibited from consuming motherwort, dill, and sweet clover to lower blood pressure.
- Hawthorn is not advisable for arrhythmia.
- For varicose veins, mint is contraindicated.
- Patients suffering from gastric ulcers should not consume chokeberry.
- You should only consume herbs that contain poison with a doctor’s prescription.
Plants that help with hypertension act as amplifiers of the action of tranquilizers and antipsychotics, that is, drugs prescribed for nervous diseases. Before you begin herbal medicine, you must carefully study the rules for taking medications so as not to harm your health.
Diuretic herbs flush minerals such as potassium and magnesium from the body. During the treatment course, it is necessary to adjust the diet, take more vitamins and foods containing these microelements. If your health worsens, you must immediately notify your doctor; you may have to adjust your medications.
Features of use by older people
Let's start with the fact that an elderly person is a very loose concept, and everyone will have their own level of health in old age. As for the use of herbs itself, you need to rely primarily not on indications or specific dosages, but on your own well-being.
If a certain herb or a decoction of it has a bad effect on you and your well-being, then you should discard it or reduce the dosage. It is important to note that it is extremely difficult to achieve an overdose of herbal preparations or a high incidence of side effects, since the active substance is far from concentrated and cannot cause severe harm to the body.
The application protocol is as follows:
- Before starting therapy, consult a doctor.
- Start with small doses (20–30% of the recommended) and take tinctures only after meals.
- After a week, you can increase the dose to the recommended one.
- After another week, you can try drinking the tincture in the morning, if there are no contraindications.
If the patient takes pills for blood pressure, then first you need to take the pill, and then (depending on the condition) the tincture. If your health worsens after taking medications, it is better to postpone the tincture.
Do herbs help lower blood pressure?
Experts are trying to combine herbal medicine with the main treatment of arterial hypertension. With the correct selection of herbal preparations and their systematic use, an increase in the period of remission is observed. Herbs can reduce the risks of complications, and since hypertension is a serious disease, any treatment method must be carefully considered.
Only a specialist will be able to select adequate treatment and offer an individual medication regimen. Within a week, with the right approach to treatment, you can observe positive changes. Useful preparations have a cumulative effect; they affect the body after some time. After the first course, blood pressure stabilizes and the person’s general condition improves. The brain is fully saturated with oxygen, swelling disappears, and the condition of blood vessels and blood quality improves. All these positive factors act as reliable protection against heart attacks and strokes.
Is there a difference in effectiveness between men and women?
The difference between men and women is practically not noticeable, but it is there. This is due to the structural features of the female and male lymphatic systems. The system of men accumulates foreign matter faster and removes it faster, but as for women, they store samples of everything that enters the body for a long time and remove it more slowly.
Therefore, an overdose (in theory) can only occur in women, and only due to the use of a large number of different herbs in a short time.
The best herbs for hypertension
Some herbs can quickly lower blood pressure, others have a prolonged effect and are designed for the duration of the course. We suggest considering the five most effective herbal remedies for lowering blood pressure.
Valerian
This is an excellent remedy for dilating blood vessels, improving blood circulation in the coronary and cerebral canals. The plant contains substances with sedative properties, they affect the central nervous system during stress and prevent blood pressure from rising.
An aqueous tincture is prepared from 1 g of herb per 25 ml of water in a water bath for 30 minutes. Take a tablespoon three times a day.
- Indications: insomnia, neuroses, stress.
- Side effects: slow reaction, drowsiness, decreased tone, possible allergic reactions, rash, itching.
Motherwort
The main focus of motherwort is its vasodilating and calming effect. It is more powerful than valerian.
Tincture on water: 15 herbs per 200 ml of boiling water, leave for 8 minutes, drink a tablespoon 3 times for a month.
- Indications: elimination of tachycardia, increase in heart rate, treatment of insomnia and neuroses.
- Side effects: nausea, stomach discomfort.
Peony
Peony root is used to reduce high blood pressure. Peony evasive is a poisonous plant crop; it is not recommended to use it without medical supervision. The dosage must be strictly observed.
The main effect is sedative and antispasmodic. The hypotensive effect is achieved by ingesting an alcohol or water tincture. Peony successfully treats most diseases of the central nervous system.
Melissa
This plant uses leaves as a healing material, which have a calming effect. Melissa contains substances that have a vasodilator, antispasmodic, and antiarrhythmic effect. Melissa is used for stress-based hypertension, neuroses, neurocircular dystonia, vegetative-vascular dystonia.
The water infusion is prepared in the same way as the remedies described above. But the dosage of the water infusion has been increased to two cups per day.
- Indications: eliminates inflammation, strengthens the immune system, helps with toxicosis, accelerates metabolic processes, is one of the components in the treatment of skin diseases, alleviates the symptoms of menopause.
- It has no side effects, but pregnant and breastfeeding women should use the product with extreme caution.
Series
This plant relieves swelling well, has a diuretic effect and reduces blood pressure. The series is taken in a course; it will not give positive results with a one-time use.
Tea is prepared from the string, which I drink 1-2 glasses a day.
- Indications: colds, allergic rashes and diathesis, metabolic disorders, diseases of the genitourinary system.
- Side effects: frequent urination, increased sweating, rarely tachycardia.
Rose geranium (pelargonium)
It has antidepressant, antiseptic, astringent properties. Stops bleeding, stimulates the adrenal glands, normalizes hormonal levels.
Essential oil improves well-being in case of hypotension and gently increases blood pressure. The aroma of the oil is inhaled twice a day for 1-2 minutes. The procedure is done for 7-10 days in a row.
Herbal teas for adults with hypertension
Any of the herbs used as a medicine against high blood pressure can be used as a daily drink instead of tea or compote. Healing tea does not require any special skills; you just need to brew the medicinal herb and wait a little. This is an excellent prophylaxis against high blood pressure and for increasing tone in general.
Medicinal collection of cudweed and motherwort
- An infusion of dried cucumber is prepared at the rate of one tablespoon per glass of hot water. Dosage – a tablespoon of medicine 5 times a day.
- Motherwort infusion: 15 g of dry herb per 200 ml of boiling water. Take 30 ml 3 times a day.
- To enhance the effect, you can mix the ingredients and take according to the average.
A collection of motherwort herbs, valerian root and viburnum fruits
To prepare the infusion you will need: 15 g of dry motherwort, 5 g of valerian root, 2 tablespoons of viburnum berries. Pour 0.5 liters of boiling water over all ingredients and leave for 30 minutes. Take 50 ml three times a day.
A collection of dill, dried cucumber, birch leaves and hawthorn fruits
Mix all ingredients in equal parts and leave in a thermos, pouring 1 liter of hot water. After 2 hours, the healing mixture can be taken 100 g every three hours. To enhance the taste, you can add a teaspoon of honey.
Collection of carrots, lingonberries, fennel and horsetail
In this collection, you can use carrot tops or roots, finely chopped on a grater. All other ingredients are taken in dry form. The proportions are as follows: carrots 50 g, lingonberry leaves - 50 g, fennel seeds 20 g, horsetail - 10 g. Mix all ingredients and add a liter of water, place in a water bath for 30 minutes. Cool and take half a glass three times during the day.
Collection of birch and pine buds, nettles, lemon balm leaves
Take three tablespoons of birch and pine buds, two tablespoons of dry nettle, 10 lemon balm leaves, and brew in half a liter of boiling water. After 30 minutes, you can drink the mixture a third of a glass before meals.
Hypotension, its types
In the fight against hypertension, doctors around the world overlook people who suffer from low blood pressure. Hyponesia (hypotension) is a condition in which it is at the level of 100/60 mm Hg. It comes in several types:
physiological hypotension exists in people who are genetically predisposed to it. They feel great and have good performance. Such hyponesia is not a pathology;- spontaneous hypotension occurs due to blood loss or some disease. In this case, urgent medical attention is required;
- chronic (symptomatic) hypotension - a periodic drop in pressure - manifests itself as a result of nervous strain, stress, or infection;
- Primary hypotension is the lot of women (girls) who abuse diets for weight loss. Salt-free and protein-based nutrition systems are especially harmful. This hyponesia can occur due to intolerance to high ambient temperatures.
Improvement in the condition of hypotensive patients occurs with active muscle work. Salvation from this disease is physical activity, sports, and a quiet life. For prevention, take products made from natural ingredients. They help normalize blood flow and stabilize blood pressure.
Caffeine-containing plants
Everyone knows that caffeine has the ability to increase blood pressure. It is found in 60 plant species. It is especially abundant in coffee and tea plants, from which the most common products - tea and coffee - are made. But in 1 g of coffee dry matter there is only 0.75%, and in tea – up to 3.5%. Moreover, green drinks contain more caffeine. To increase blood pressure, it is better to drink a cup of black or green tea rather than brew several mugs of coffee.
Competitors to these drinks are caffeine-containing plants. Most of this component is found in guarana fruits – up to 6%. Caffeine is present in the drink yerba mate, which is made from the leaves of the Paraguayan holly tree. It is found in cocoa and cola, but in small quantities.
But chicory, which is considered an effective alternative to coffee, does not contain this component. The roots of the plant, processed into powder, are the raw material for the production of a healing drink that has a calming effect. But it cannot be used to increase blood pressure.
Drinks made from caffeine-containing plants help increase and stabilize blood pressure. They activate the central nervous system, enhance cardiac activity, promote vasoconstriction, and create a diuretic effect.
Everyone knows how to brew tea and coffee. Everyone chooses the optimal dosage for themselves. The main thing is to alternate foods, not to abuse them in large quantities, replacing them with other healthy drinks.
Bath treatment
In combination with herbal infusions, it is recommended to take healing baths. Water procedures are very relaxing and soothing, stabilize blood pressure and relieve vascular spasms.
- Baths using the fruits and leaves of black currant are especially useful. A decoction can be prepared from the dried leaves and fruits of the plant. After a bath, your metabolism improves, your mood and vitality improve.
- Pine baths have a calming effect and relax muscles. A decoction of pine needles is added to a warm bath; sometimes hawthorn, lemon balm or hops are added to the pine needles.
- For a healing procedure, you can use any of the prepared herbal infusions: raspberries, celery, dill, hop cones, linden blossom, mint, string.
Hawthorn
It is recommended for hypertensive patients to reduce blood pressure. However, flowers and leaves have a cardiotonic effect: they dilate the vessels of the heart and brain, eliminate heart pain, normalize heart rhythm and venous circulation.
For hypotension, hawthorn is used as an adjuvant in the complex treatment of cardiac disorders. An infusion is prepared from flowers and fruits. Take 1 tsp per glass of boiling water. inflorescences, 2 tsp. berries Leave for 2 hours, drink an hour after meals, once a day.
The water infusion normalizes blood pressure, has a slight tonic effect, and improves the condition of hypotensive patients. It is not advisable to take the product for more than 3 weeks.
Tincture recipes
- Leonurus tincture with alcohol: take 1 g of motherwort per 5 ml of alcohol or vodka, mix, leave for 30 days. Drink 30 drops three times a day.
- Alcohol infusion of valerian is prepared from dried and crushed valerian root and 70% alcohol. For half a liter you should take 1 g of root and leave for 14 days in a dark place. Daily dosage – 20 drops three times. For one-time use – 35-40 drops.
Important! During the treatment process, it is necessary to monitor blood pressure; if blood pressure increases significantly, you should immediately seek help from a doctor. If hypertension is not a hereditary disease, but is caused by stress or certain diseases, medicinal herbs will be an ideal solution to the problem.
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