Natural remedies for high blood pressure please?

The site I added below also states gralic is great. My wife makes and eats a lot of foods with garlic and her BP is great. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

I love garlic and put it on everything, but I will stop at using it for dessert. So I guess that maybe without it, my blood pressure would have gone up higher. I guess you mean the fresh Garlic, not the garlic powder you get in the containers, do you? And I gather it is the oil in the garlic that helps.

Lifestyle change approaches: Diet: DASH Diet (not to be confused with the no-salt substitute) Exercise: T'ai Chi, according to www.taichiday.org in their library section about t'ai chi and blood pressure, t'ai chi can lower blood pressue Relaxation and Breathing: www.resperate.com has a machine to help you learn how to breath correctly and relax. People who are tense tend to breath more shallowly and/or differently from people who relax and therefore that can drive BP up. Herbs: Everyone has given you quite a list, but raw garlic and Hawthorn are the ones most recommended. Actually anything in the onion, garlic, leek family is good.

Not sure why this ended up here. I had tried to put it at the end, but it came up here for some reason. Sorry.

I am taking online singing lessons and they tell you you have to breathe from your diaphragm and that helps with my breathing. I sometimes do not know why your post ended up here. I did check that resperator machine and I do not know if it is available to be shipped to Canada. We have some very greedy duty and customs laws, and it seems that the prices are usually raised at least a third before they get here.

Recite favorite Bible verses to calm and soothe yourself. Pray, with a thankful heart, thinking about all the good things in your life.I know that you know lots of Bible verses. Choose something like the twenty third Psalm and visualize each verse. Cheerios tells you it will help you. It is a little too hot for oatmeal. Eat healthy, and just do not worry, think on things that are good and uplifting.

I do eat a lot of garlic, but I have not had any oatmeal (I guess Honey and Nut Cheerios do not count) for at least a week. I do like the idea of not worrying, not much into meditating though, but I do have a good memory. And I have to stop worrying.

I can do that. I love to read the Bible. I do have to eat healthier. Luckily I got a new fridge so now I do not have to worry about buying those salad packages, I can now keep the lettuce longer. It is now cold enough for oatmeal. I have to keep from worrying. I told my friend please do not tell me anything that causes me to worry. She happens to do that. We were at the supper last night and she said something about what if they run out of soup and I said please don't tell me that, because I am the one who thinks of the worse that could happen. And of course, I sort of imagined that the only soup left was potato soup and I can't have that. Then before that she said the gym where we help the supper would be too full because there were three churches attending.

I already checked that site and I made a bookmark about it. Thanks for the link though. Some of the things I do already, so I will try to follow the other suggestions. I would rather do that then have to take a punch of pills that would cost a lot. I do use a No Salt product and I am trying to get my husband to take less salt as well.

My grandmother was not on medication, but she did cut down on her salt, but she also had water retention, and I do not know if that also is a symptom of high blood pressure. I did read that having nose bleeds is a symptom, and I have had them every now and again. My brother used to get them quite a bit and we both did as youngsters, so i guess that could be a sign. Anyway I hope your mother gets better and gets off of her medicine.

I have started to do more exercise, but it is the diet. I eat a lot of salads, but some days, we have sausages and I do not think that is any good. I will do anything to keep from taking the pills so that is why I am here asking. I did get some good ideas. I will have get my blood pressure testing to see if i am doing any good though.

I am 65, but I am young for my age. I have been mistaken for someone in their forties. I have relatives on both sides who lived way into their nineties, and one hundreds. Oh and I lived a sheltered life and did not make that much money.

I got this link to this site through this lady I watch on YouTube. Anyhow, she says the 10 Day Cleanse helps with blood pressure. I am including the link. peace. http://www.herbsistah.com/pages/short_kleanze.html

yes stuck with the pills and I wish I could find a herb that took care of it all!

I also use Mrs. Dash salt and I use the McCormick's no salt added that they have up here in Canada. I like the kind that has chilis in it rather than the plain herb and vegetable kind. I do not have high blood pressure yet, but I do know that worrying is bad for me and I have to lose some weight. I do not want to get to the point where I have to take a bunch of pills and want to learn to make sure that never happens.

That sucks. It seems if you smoke and decide to quit then your lung goes back to what it was before, but if you have a heart attack and get high blood pressure, then you are stuck with having to take those pills for the rest of your life.

We have Sunrise Health Store here in Winnipeg and they will probably have it there. I go there when I cannot get it anywhere else.

Oh good hope they can supply you. Good luck my dear.

Health food store (Nutters)

I will look it up and see if there is an correlation. I do use a lot of cayenne pepper when I cook hot food and I will add cayenne pepper in salad dressing, coleslaw, and also when I make spaghetti and meatballs. I did find these links http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/cayenne2.html#PRESSURE http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/cayenne.htm http://www.essortment.com/all/cayennepepperc_rfmg.htm I did not know if it helps with high blood pressure. I have used it to help me get over a cold and it does work.

I found most information on the About site, and I think the link is here in this discussion. I heard that garlic is good for you, but apparently it relates to a certain type of high blood pressure, and there is a kind brought on by having too much sugar. I have to check into that. and a lot of the information requires I buy a lot of herbs that cost a bit much.

Let me know if you find something one way or another. I am not too sure on this information. I would like to know myself, so I can tell my mom and grandma, since my great-great-grandmother either never relayed the information to them, or they have forgotten it. They both like hot foods way more than me, so this will be a welcome addition into their diet. Its my late Great-Great Grandmother's birthday today!!! I miss you so much!

I love green tea but have not seen that much oolong tea here. I cannot drink that much black tea as I cannot take too much of the tanin. The herb teas here are the same price as regular tea. Of course we have to buy them. Too cold to grow them here.

I am not a vegetarian or a vegan, so going without meat is not an option, but I will eat more vegetables. Fruits when we get them disappear in a few days before groceries, but I do drink a lot of tea. Do you mean herbal teas or green teas or both?

I just drink regular tea, green or oolong tea or black tea. Herbal tea tends to be more expensive and specialized and I just drink the regular ones. By the way, I also eat meat but I counter the acidifying effect by drinking lots of tea. I have my own tea plants the leaves of which I air-dry and I can drink as much tea as I want and sometimes I add fresh oregano and honey.

Keep eating your fruits that are high in potassium, like oranges and bananas. You need to have your potassium in balance with your sodium (salt). Keep eating flaxseed in your food, and relax. Those blood pressure machines at the stores are not all that accurate. You do need to see about getting it checked. Senior centers here have a screening day once a month. Nurses who attend my church do a blood pressure screening a couple of times a month. Those kinds of choices are better.

I will be seeing the doctor in October (people are dying up here as there are too few doctors for the patients) and I hope to get healthier. I do not think I have high blood pressure, but I was told to keep calm and not to worry.

I try flaxseed, and I do not know how long it would take before it has any effect. I do know I have to watch my sodium and look for food that has less sodium. I do not take aspirin that much but I use a lot of vinegar.

I use garlic in cooking a lot. I did try eating it to keep from getting diabetes two. But I would rather have it cooked or chopped up and mashed in salads.

I love chocolates and love music. I am lucky I do not have it but my husband had and a friend of mine has and neither were overweight. I have not tried playing violin yet, but will pass on that.

It might be available in our health food store, but under another name. I do not need it, but one of my friends has just developed diabetes and he might also have high blood pressure as well.

My grandmother had trouble with water retention and I have that too. It is getting better since I cut down on my salt. I do have a weight problem. I could stand to lose some weight, but I feel I have to walk all day to get rid of much of it.

I would rather use natural remedies then take pills. In fact, I would rather that I do not get high blood pressure in the first place. I am reducing my salt intake, but I have a sweet tooth, not all the time but if I go without anything sweet for a while, I go on a binge and I want to avoid that.

I mix rolled oats with yogurt. It is not that cold yet for oatmeal porridge.

I am past the hot flashes stage. I take multivitamins. I really have to get the cranberries out of the freezer. I do take other natural supplements as well including Vitamin C. And i get out a lot during the day and take yogurt as well as drink milk. So I figure that helps. I think garlic is good for it though.

I have to make sure I do not worry as much. My husband keeps telling me that we will have to move in a couple of years to a Senior's complex, but I heard that if you live in your own home, you will live longer and I do not want to die prematurely. And I am afraid that if we move to a Senior home, I will not live as long as I would have.

I should eat more garlic. Now what to do about the odor. I do use a lot in cooking, but I guess it is the raw garlic that is the best.