How to treat arterial hypertension with plants and herbs useful for lowering blood pressure, thinning the blood and stimulating diuresis.
Natural remedies for high blood pressure, used in herbal medicine, consist of herbs and medicinal plants whose beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system are amply demonstrated by scientific research.
These plants contain active ingredients that can lower blood pressure ; thin the blood favoring its correct sliding; stimulate diuresis facilitating the elimination of metabolic waste and excess mineral salts; and reinforce the vein walls, avoiding the sclerosis of the vessels.
High blood pressure: factors and consequences
Arterial hypertension is defined as a constant and not occasional state in which the arterial pressure is high compared to physiological standards considered normal.
A person is hypertensive, or has high blood pressure, when: the minimum arterial pressure (diastolic hypertension) exceeds " constantly " the value of 90 mmHg and the maximum pressure (systolic hypertension) exceeds " constantly " the value of 140 mmHg .
The adjective constant is fundamental, given that during the day the pressure can undergo transitory changes linked to numerous factors, among which we recall:
- the time of day (the pressure is slightly higher in the morning and late afternoon);
- physical activity (cardiac pressure increases in relation to the type and intensity of exercise);
- the emotional state (intense emotions, stress and even anxiety about the result of the medical examination can temporarily increase the pressure);
- finally the pressure is constantly influenced by other factors, among which a particular role is covered by age .
Arterial hypertension is one of the most widespread diseases in industrialized countries, for this reason the new European directives for the control of blood pressure confirm the importance of maintaining values below 140/90 mm Hg in the healthy population .
In fact, one of the most fearsome and devastating consequences of hypertension is certainly stroke, which represents 10-12% of all deaths per year (it represents the third cause of death after cardiovascular diseases and neoplasms) and is the main cause of invalidity ; follow the heart attack and kidney disease.
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Natural remedies for high blood pressure
The main natural remedies for high blood pressure are plants whose phytocomplex exercises more actions, which favor lowering blood pressure. Let's see how.
Hawthorn
The hypotensive action of the hawthorn , carried out by the leaves and flowers, is due to the lowering of the peripheral vascular resistance, but also to the sedative, antiarrhythmic, cardiotonic effect .
The most interesting active ingredients for reducing blood pressure are some flavonoids, such as hyperoside and vitexin, and procyanidins .
For these reasons, this remedy is particularly indicated in the hypertension of people with sympathetic hypertonus, that is with high blood pressure and contractions of the smooth muscles of the arteries due to hyperactivity of the nervous system .
Also the buds, in the form of gemmoderivato, the Crataegus oxyacantha, contributes to the control of the arterial pressure thanks to the cardiovascular drainage.
olive
The leaves of the olive tree have a hypotensive action for peripheral and diuretic dilation while the gemmoderivato obtained from the buds, Olea europaea, in addition to the ability to significantly lower blood pressure has antisclerotic properties on the vein walls and plays a cholesterol-lowering action .
It is therefore used in cases of high blood pressure, triglycerides and cholesterol in the blood and in all sclerotic syndromes caused by senility.
Garlic
One of the effects for which garlic is best known is to lower blood pressure . This action is linked to the ability of garlic to cause vasodilation, particularly in the small blood vessels of the cutaneous district.
Allicin and other substances present have been shown to greatly reduce platelet aggregation, ie the ability of platelets to clump together and form clots. This action is important because the reduction of platelet aggregation lowers the risk of the occurrence of thrombotic phenomena in the blood vessels, which can have very serious consequences.
Numerous clinical studies have demonstrated its positive action in the prevention of cardiovascular risk. This plant regulates blood pressure, prevents the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. There are odorless supplements on the market, which facilitate their intake.
Mistletoe
Mistletoe is one of the most effective plants against hypertension, also used as a regulator of the cardio-circulatory system .
The active ingredients contained in the plant seem, in fact, to stimulate the parasympathetic system and decrease the peripheral resistance of the vessels causing vasodilation.
Due to these properties mistletoe is also used as an adjuvant in case of atherosclerosis, angina and to improve cerebral circulation. It is also important in case of arthritis, because it increases diuresis and thus promotes urea excretion.
