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High Blood Pressure
What is hypertension?
Hypertension, or High Blood Pressure, can be defined as the force that the blood exerts on the veins and arteries while it circulates around the body.
Blood pressure is controlled by a variety of organs and body systems, including the heart, the blood vessels, the kidneys, the brain and the adrenal glands, as well as the complex interaction between the body systems.
We measure blood pressure by using two different numbers - systolic pressure (the top number) over diastolic pressure (the bottom number). Systolic pressure measures blood pressure as the heart contracts and pushes blood through the arteries. Diastolic pressure is taken when the heart relaxes.
Normal blood pressure is around 120/80 or lower. It is important to note that blood pressure varies from person to person and can fluctuate from moment to moment. One or two high readings does not necessarily mean that you have hypertension or high blood pressure.
If your blood pressure has measured 140/90 or higher on at least two separate occasions, your doctor should recommend a 24 hour BP (blood pressure) monitor, which will show whether your BP remains chronically high. This will help to measure whether you have hypertension or high blood pressure.
Herbs For High Blood Pressure
For teas, the rule of thumb is, one teaspoon of herb per cup of boiling water unless otherwise noted.
Unless otherwise noted, steep leaves 5 to 10 minutes in a covered container, twigs, bark and roots, steep 10 to 15 minutes (covered).
Alliums - Garlic, Onions, Leeks... Garlic is the strongest of the alliums for this purpose, it needs to be used on a long term basis regularly at the rate of 2 or 3 cloves a day, crushed and eaten. Some cultures will dip the whole peeled clove of garlic in honey and eat it. Also it is acceptable to press the cloves and extract the juice and ingest that instead of the entire clove.
Cohosh (either black or blue is good for this) - traditionally used in tea, however it is not one of your better tasting herbs, capsules are now available at health food stores.
Hawthorn - Tea, pour a cup of boiling water over 2 teaspoons of blossoms and leaves. Let stand for 20 minutes, take 1 cup, 2 to 3 times per day.
Juniper - Tea, 1 cup boiling water over 1 teaspoon lightly crushed berries. Let stand covered for 20 minutes. Note: Juniper is a diuretic, so its blood pressure action is due to that vs. via breaking down the cholesterol as the alliums are reputed to do.
Olive - Tea, place 2 teaspoons leaves in 1 cup cold water, bring to boil, remove from heat and let stand 15 to 20 minutes. Take 1 cup after meals 2 to 3 times daily. Note, this can irritate the stomach, so be sure to take only after a meal. Note Olive oil contains the "good cholesterol", so when cooking with oil, use olive oil, and minimize the cooking, as its properties degrade with excessive heat.
Passion Flower - Tea, 1 tsp per cup of boiling water.
Valerian - pour 1 cup cold water over 2 teaspoons shredded root. Let stand 8 hours. Take 1 cup evenings as needed.
Wintergreen - Tea, 1 tsp. leaves per cup of boiling water, steep covered. Wintergreen, a member of the mint family, is a mild diuretic also.
(either black or blue is good for this) - traditionally used in tea, however it is not one of your better tasting herbs, capsules are now available at health food stores.
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