Blood pressure lowering effects of garlic

Garlic (Allium sativum) has been used as a spice, food, and medicine for over 5,000 years, and is one of the earliest documented herbs utilized for the maintenance of health and treatment of disease. Garlic has blood pressure-lowering properties and the mechanism of action is biologically plausible.

Hypertension affects about 30% of adults worldwide. It is dangerous because it makes the heart work too hard and contributes to atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries), besides increasing the risk of heart disease and stroke.

In one study, garlic supplements have shown promise in the treatment of uncontrolled hypertension, lowering blood pressure (BP) by about 10 mmHg systolic and 8 mmHg diastolic, similar to standard BP medication (Integr Blood Press Control. 2014; 7: 71–82. Published online 2014 Dec 9. doi: 10.2147/IBPC.S51434).

A total of 79 general practice patients with uncontrolled systolic hypertension participated in a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled dose–response trial of 12 weeks. The trial suggests aged garlic extract (better than garlic power, garlic oil and raw or cooked garlic) to be an effective and tolerable treatment in uncontrolled hypertension, and may be considered as a safe adjunct treatment to conventional antihypertensive therapy (Eur J Clin Nutr. 2013 Jan; 67(1): 64–70. Published online 2012 Nov 21. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.178).
Blood pressure lowering effects of garlic

Celery is good for heart

Celery is an excellent source of antioxidant nutrients such as vitamin C, beta-carotene, and manganese.
Best quality celery is fresh, crisp and clean, of medium length, thickness and density with good heart formation and branches that are brittle enough to snap easily.

Eating celery as well as consuming celery oil and celery seeds helps to lower blood pressure by relaxing the smooth muscles on blood vessels.

Chomping on as few as four stalk of celery a day provides enough of the active ingredient a compound known as 3-butylphthalide, to reduce blood pressure.

Diuretics are often prescribed to treat both high blood pressure and congestive heart failure, which involves serious fluid buildup in the body.

Celery seed has been shown to have diuretic action, which supports its traditional role as a treatment for congestive heart failure.

Celery has been shown to lower blood cholesterol. It contains high levels of antioxidants, and enhances activity of white blood cells.
Celery is good for heart

Chrysanthemum for hypertension

Based on traditional usage, in addition to use as a tea, C. morifolium Ramat is used for the common cold, fever, migraines, conjunctivitis, eye irritation, hypertension, ulcerative colitis, vertigo, ophthalmia with swelling and pain, etc.

The curing rates of hypertension are reported to be more than 80%.

Chrysanthemum is a well-known medicinal herb in China. Clinical research conducted on the herb and its properties shows that the chrysanthemum is very helpful remedy for the treatment of high blood pressure problems in patients.

Scientists claim that, because chrysanthemum tea, the passage of blood in the coronary arteries is improved. Also, with the help of chrysanthemum tea, the absorptive nature of chrysanthemum tea is improved.

Chrysanthemum tea also has been used to treat the symptom related with hypertension including dizziness, headaches.

The flavonoids of chrysanthemum also have been shown to increase blood circulation is experimental animal, suggesting a potential role in reducing hypertension.
Chrysanthemum for hypertension

Roselle tea

Roselle tea acts as a mild laxative due to the poor absorption of the fruit acids. In African folk medicine, the drug is ascribed spasmolytic, antibacterial, cholagogue, diuretic and anthel- mintic properties, among others.

Roselle tea is also used to suppress high blood pressure. The leaves are a source of mucilage used in pharmacy and cosmetics.

The study by Mozafarri-Khosravi showed that those subject given roselle tea had significant increase in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and significant decrease in the mean of total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides and Apo-B100 at the end of the study (J. Altern Complement Med 15(8): 899-903).

The tea also is beneficial for kidney stones and urinary tract infections. Because of their sour taste and red color, roselle flowers are a popular component in fruit teas for drinking hot or cold, available in filter tea bags and also as instant tea, usually in combination with rose hips.

Additionally, roselle flowers are used in herbal tea combinations indicated for respiratory tract conditions and for stimulating appetite.
Roselle tea