What is the most common health problem that is growing at the alarming rate? Hypertension or High Blood Pressure will be the answer given by one out of four people. Presently, most doctors will urgepatients to take pharmaceutical medication to keep their conditions in control. However, increasingly natural remedies for high blood pressure are making its presence felt.

More and more researchers and scientists are recognising the advantages of using natural remedies for high blood pressure. A holistic approach complemented by natural remedies for high blood pressure can help you to reduce your blood pressure in an effective, natural and safe way.

A balanced diet, good life style management and cautious intake of specific supplements are crucial when using natural remedies to control your high blood pressure.  

1. Magnesium, folic acid and potassium can work to lower your high blood pressure. Thus, it is important to have huge amounts of them in your daily diet. Magnesium can be found in nuts, kale, leafy greens, legumes and whole cereal grains.  

2. Serrapeptase is a natural proteolytic enzyme that is isolated from micro-organisms. This enzyme is obtained by fermenting plants. Therefore, vegetarians can also benefit from this enzyme. It has anti-inflammatory effect and is also immunologically active to clear the blood vessels. It can be said to be a true natural remedy for high blood pressure.

3. Garlic can be said to be one of the most effective natural health remedies for high blood pressure. You can consume up to 1-2 fresh garlic cloves in various forms such as soup, salad, pickles. They are even available in capsules form. Taking an average dose of two to three capsules daily continuously for a period of 12 weeks will definitely make a sizable dent in high levels of blood pressure.

4. Decreasing the amount of salt and sodium in your daily diet will be beneficial in controlling your blood pressure. Food such as soy sauce, canned soups, fried, fatty, refined and spicy foods, sodas, tobacco, tea and coffee should be avoided.

5. Obesity and stress are two factors that result in an increased level of blood pressure. Therefore, by lowering them; you can also lower your blood pressure level. This is both a safe and natural route. Yoga and medication can aid you in losing weight, lowering your stress levels. Thus, your blood pressure will also be lowered.

6. Herbs such as cayenne, terminalia arjuna (an Indian coronary vaso-dilative herb), commiphora mukul, withania somnifera, ginger, saffron (having a chemical called crocetin, which help to lower blood pressure), mistletoe, kudzu (Pueraria lobata), valerian (Valeriana officinalis), hawthorn berries and tops, rauwolfia, horse chestnut and ginkgo biloba also serves to be very useful and effective natural health remedies for high blood pressure.

7. Vitamin therapy - Vitamins such as B, C, D, and E (which helps vitamin C to lower blood pressure level) are important for high blood pressure. By eating citrus (lemons, oranges and grapefruit), Indian gooseberry, European blueberry and watermelon, you will be able to get these crucial vitamins. They are also available as supplements.

Having a proper diet, a healthy lifestyle and enlisting the help of these powerful natural health remedies; you are controlling your high blood pressure in a safe and effective manner. Moreover, these natural remedies for your high blood pressure can be easily found in any grocery market, herbal medical store and health food store.

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Well it's tax day here and I'm glad my stimulus return is submitted.  So many don't know about submitting them! 

It's been exactly 10 days since dad's stroke.  It has been quite the week.  Hospital visits, coming home, alot of chores to do, dad care, mom care, my own care!

People somehow are under the impression if you are disabled, you are lazy and sit on your butt all day doing nothing except watching tv!  It's disgusting how they stereotype the disabled.  Not to mention lymphedema patients being called "fat".  I get so mad at that.

Some days I feel I do more here at home than I ever did at work.  It takes twice as long when you don't feel good to start.  I started my day today with a touch of bad food bug and vomiting.  I had a terrible toothache, not sure which tooth it is, DDS xrayed both of them can't tell.  So here I sit in pain with the tooth, the jaw the usual, killing me, headache up the wazoo, swollen up the wazoo with a household of elderly parents, dad with the stroke and deaf (98% deaf) and he can't talk properly he slurs and gibberish, then mom is blind, diabetic.  I had to get groceries today, pay bills, transport a friends kid to and from work, take back a few things to Walmart for mom, get gas, get to the bank to order new checks, then I had my chiropractor.  I came home beat to find them arguing about some petty thing, had to get dinner going, feed the cats, do litter duty and put house trash out, then it was dishes, laundry, and here I am and it's 10:07.   I cannot imagine doing this and working too.  Working 2 jobs was alot easier!  My problem with working is I am not reliable I'm semi-ok one day and flat the next.  I have to put so much care into the lymphedema all the time to stay mobile.  I work 5 times a day on myself.  That's at least 5 hours there.

I also helped a friend with her bookwork on her bills in the morning too.   I was so tempted to go back to bed today and forget all of it.  I'm going to bed very shortly after a fast bath.  The car was so hot today but didn't have much gas to turn on AC.  I got gas last on the way home.