Treatment of hypertension with folk remedies

Hypertensive disease is a disease, the main symptom of which is an increase in blood pressure caused by neuromuscular disorders of vascular tone. Hypertensive disease is equally affected by men and women. Usually the disease begins after 40 years. This is a very common pathology. It is called the disease of autumn life, although in recent decades, hypertension has significantly younger.

Hypertension is one of the causes of disability and mortality of patients with impaired cardiovascular activity.

Causes and risk factors

One of the reasons is long and frequent neuropsychic stresses, long-term stresses .

Very often hypertensive disease occurs in people whose work is associated with a constant emotional stress. Often, it affects people who have suffered a concussion.

The second reason is hereditary predisposition . Usually, patients with a survey can identify the presence of relatives who have the same disease.

One of the important causes of hypertension is inactivity.

The age-related rearrangement in the body (in particular, the central nervous system) also affects the appearance and development of the symptoms of this disease. The high frequency of GB (hypertension) among the elderly is due to changes in blood vessels due to atherosclerosis. There is a certain connection between these diseases. GB contributes to the increased development and progression of atherosclerosis. This combination is dangerous because with a strong spasm of blood vessels the flow of blood to the organs (to the brain, heart, kidneys) is not enough. With excessive spasm and the presence of plaques on the walls of blood vessels, blood can stop circulating through the artery. In this case, a stroke or myocardial infarction occurs.

In women, GB often begins during the menopause.

Also, excessive use of table salt (sodium, which is part of this salt), smoking, alcohol abuse, overweight, which increases the burden on the cardiovascular system, is also of some importance.

The main links in the occurrence of GB are:

• Violation of the processes of excitation and inhibition in the central nervous system;
• Hyperproduction of substances that increase blood pressure. One of them is the stress hormone adrenaline. In addition, the kidney factor is also distinguished. The kidneys produce substances that can raise and lower the pressure. Therefore, when there are signs of GB, the patient needs to check the kidneys;
• Reduction and spasm of the arteries.

What is blood pressure (systolic and diastolic)

Pressure should be measured at rest - physical and emotional. The upper (systolic) pressure corresponds to the moment of contraction of the heart muscle, and the lower (diastolic) pressure corresponds to the moment of heart relaxation. In young healthy people, normal blood pressure values ​​are defined as 110/70 - 120/80 mm Hg. Art. But, given the dependence of blood pressure figures on age, individual characteristics, fitness, we can name the boundaries of 125/65 - 80 mm Hg. Art. In men and 110 - 120/60 - 75 mm Hg. Art. among women. With age, blood pressure increases, for middle-aged people, normal figures are close to 140/90 mm Hg. Art.

How to measure blood pressure correctly

It is measured by a special device - a tonometer , which can be bought at the pharmacy. The pressure is measured after 5 minutes rest. It is recommended to measure it three times and consider the result of the last measurement as the final result. The interval between measurements should be at least 3 minutes. Healthy people can measure blood pressure once every few months. The patient needs blood pressure measurement at least once a day.

Symptoms of hypertension

Headache is one of the most frequent manifestations of hypertension. This symptom is caused by a spasm of cerebral vessels. In this case, often there is noise in the ears, flashing "flies" before the eyes, blurred vision, weakness, decreased performance, insomnia, dizziness, heaviness in the head, palpitations. These complaints are neurotic in the early stages of the development of the disease.

The main sign is an increase in blood pressure to 140 - 160/90 mm Hg. Art. According to modern ideas of hypertension, one can say if the pressure during the year doubled to 140/90 mm Hg. Art. Or at least once exceeded this mark. When examining a patient, the heart sounds, rhythm disturbances, and the extension of the heart's borders to the left.

In later stages, heart failure may occur due to fatigue of the heart muscle due to increased blood pressure.

When the process progresses, the visual acuity is reduced. During the examination of the patient's fundus, his paleness, narrowing and tortuosity of the arteries, slight widening of the veins, sometimes bleeding into the retina of the eye are noted. When cerebral vessels are affected by the increase in arterial pressure, cerebral blood flow disorders may occur, leading to paralysis in some cases, sensitivity disturbance in the extremities due to vasospasm, thrombosis, and hemorrhage.

It is necessary to distinguish a complex of symptoms, characteristic of GB, but not a sign of GB.

These are the so-called secondary hypertension. They arise as a result of various diseases and are treated as their symptoms. At present, there are more than 50 diseases that occur with an increase in blood pressure. Among them - diseases of the kidneys and thyroid gland.

What are hypertensive crises?

Hypertensive crisis - this is one of the terrible manifestations of hypertension. With a sudden increase in pressure, all of the above symptoms of GB may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, sweating, decreased vision. Crises can last from a few minutes to several hours.

In this case, patients are usually nervous, crying, complaining of a heartbeat. Often on the chest and cheeks appear red spots. There is an increase in heart rate. The attack can result in excessive urination or a loose stool.

Such crises are characteristic for the early stages of GB, they are more often observed in women in menopause, after emotional stress, with changing weather. They often occur at night or in the afternoon.

There are hypertensive crises of a different kind. They have a heavier current, but they develop gradually. Their duration can reach 4-5 hours. They occur in the later stages of GB with high initial blood pressure. Quite often crises are accompanied by brain symptoms: speech disturbance, confusion, change in sensitivity in the limbs. In this case, patients complain of severe pain in the heart.

Degrees of hypertension

Allocate 3 degrees of GB.

• I degree - arterial pressure 140 - 159/90 - 99 mm Hg. Art. It can periodically return to normal performance and rise again.
• II degree - arterial pressure fluctuates within the limits of 160 - 179/100 - 109 mm Hg. Art. This degree is characterized by a more frequent increase in pressure, it rarely returns to normal.
• III degree - 180 and higher / PO mm Hg. Art. and higher. Arterial pressure is almost all the time increased, and a decrease in it can be a symptom of cardiac dysfunction.

GB must be started to treat in the I degree, otherwise it will certainly reach II and III degrees.

A little about how the course of GB in patients of different age groups.

The most serious form of GB is malignant hypertension. The diastolic pressure rises above 130 mm Hg. Art. This form is typical for young people 30 to 40 years old and is not observed in patients older than 50 years. This pathology very quickly develops, arterial pressure can reach figures 250/140 mm Hg. In this case, the vessels of the kidneys change very rapidly.

GB in the elderly has its own peculiarities of the current. This is the so-called systolic hypertension. The systolic pressure is close to 160 - 170 mm Hg. Art. The lower (diastolic) pressure is not changed. There is a large interval between systolic and diastolic pressure. This difference is called pulse pressure and is normally 40 mm Hg. Art. This feature in elderly people causes a number of unpleasant sensations, especially since these patients have a weakness of the cardiovascular system. But some of them do not feel this gap.

Diagnostics

To establish the correct diagnosis in detecting this disease, it is very important to interview the patient in order to identify hereditary predisposition . Very important information about the state of the cardiovascular system in close relatives - parents, siblings.

Another important link in diagnosis is the patient's complaints about repeated increases in blood pressure. To make the correct diagnosis, regular pressure measurement is necessary in the patient.

In the conditions of the polyclinic, a number of studies are also carried out: electrocardiography (ECG), examination of the ocular fundus, general blood and urine tests.

Specialized hospitals are sent to those patients who do not have sufficient effect from the prescribed treatment, as well as patients with suspected secondary hypertension to exclude diseases of the kidneys, thyroid, tumors.

Folk remedies for hypertension

Phytotherapy is of no small importance in the complex treatment of GB. First of all, it is sedative herbs and collections. They can be used in ready-made form (extracts, tinctures and tablets).

Basically, these are preparations of valerian, motherwort, hawthorn. Among the plants that have a calming effect, also include chamomile pharmacy, melissa medicinal, peppermint, cones of hops and many others.

Traditional medicine advises patients with GB to eat honey, aronia (200-300 g per day), citrus and rosehip in the form of a drink, green tea. All these products reduce the increased pressure and are rich in vitamin C, the necessary weakened heart muscle.

• A tablespoon of honey to dissolve in 1 glass of mineral water, add the juice of half a lemon. To drink on an empty stomach at one time. The duration of treatment is 7-10 days. The drug is used for hypertension, insomnia, increased excitability.
• 2 cup cranberries grind with 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar and eat every day at one time an hour before eating. This tool is used for mild forms of hypertension.
• Beetroot juice - 4 cups, honey - 4 cups, marshweed herb grass - 100 grams, vodka - 500 g. Combine all components, mix thoroughly, insist for 10 days in a tightly corked container in a dark cool place, strain, wring out. Take 1-2 tablespoons 3 times a day for half an hour before meals. The drug is used for hypertensive disease of I-II degree.
• Juice of onion helps reduce blood pressure, so it is recommended to prepare the following remedy: squeeze juice from 3 kg of onions, mix it with 500 g of honey, add 25 g of walnut films and pour 1/2 liter of vodka. Infuse for 10 days. Take 1 tablespoon 2-3 times a day.
• St. John's wort (grass) - 100 grams, chamomile (flowers) - 100 g, immortelle (flowers) - 100 grams, birch (kidneys) - 100 grams. Components are mixed, crushed in a coffee grinder and stored in a glass jar with a lid. The daily dose is prepared in the evening: brew 1 tablespoon of a mixture of 0.5 liters of boiling water and insist 20 minutes. Then filter through the cloth and squeeze the residue. Half of the infusion with 1 teaspoon of honey is drunk immediately, and the remainder is heated in the morning to 30-40 ° C and drunk 20 minutes before breakfast. The treatment is carried out daily until the mixture is fully used. Applied with a heart attack and hypertension.
• 10 g of calina fruit is poured into a glass of boiling water, heated under a lid in a water bath for 15 minutes, cooled for 45 minutes, filtered, squeezed and brought to a volume of up to 200 ml. Drink 1/3 cup 3-4 times a day. The infusion is stored for no more than 2 days.
• To normalize blood pressure, it is necessary to take an alcoholic tincture of calendula (in a ratio of 2: 100 on 40-degree alcohol) for a long time, 20-40 drops three times a day. At the same time, headaches disappear, sleep improves, working capacity and vitality increase.
• It is very useful to drink a mixture of a glass of beet juice, a glass of carrot, half a cup of cranberry, 250 g of honey and 100 g of vodka. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day. Still it is possible to prepare the following mix: 2 glasses of a beet juice, 250 г honey, juice of one lemon, 1,5 glasses of a cranberry juice and 1 glass of vodka. Take should be 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for an hour before meals.
• 100 g raisins without pits to pass through a meat grinder, pour a glass of cold water, cook for 10 minutes over low heat, strain, cool and wring out. Drink the entire dose throughout the day.
• The juice of the aronia should be taken half an hour before meals in 1/3 cup 3 times a day. The course of treatment is 2 weeks.
• Black currant juice or a decoction from its berries should be taken 1/4 cup 3-4 times a day.
• Decoction of berries of a guelder-rose take half a cup 3 times a day.
• A mixture of half a glass of beet juice, the same amount of lemon juice and 1 glass of lime honey, take 1/3 cup after 1 hour after eating.
• Eat every morning for 1 glass of cranberries and take 5-10 drops of tincture of hawthorn flowers with water.
• Dampen socks in acetic essence, diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1, and put them on overnight, tightly wrapped their feet.
• Collect the components in the following proportions: Five-lobed motherwort grass - 4 parts, marsh grass grass - 3 parts, hawthorn blood-red - 1 part, peppermint leaf - 1/2 part, sheep herringbone - 1 part, blackberry fruit - 1 Part, the fruits of dill garden - 1 part, the seed of flax seed - 1 part, a sheet of wild strawberry - 2 parts. Two or three tablespoons of the mixture (depending on the weight of the patient) pour in a thermos with 2.5 cups of boiling water. Insist for 6-8 hours. The next day, take all the infusion warm in 3 divided doses for 20-40 minutes before meals.
• Drink fresh juice of the fruits of chokeberry (black chokeberry) by 1/2 cup per reception for 2 weeks. You can grind 1 kg of washed and lightly dried fruits with 700 g of granulated sugar. Take 75-100 g 2 times a day.
• A glass of chopped cloves of garlic is insisted in 0.5 liters of vodka in a dark and warm place. Infusion take 1 tablespoon 3 times daily before meals.
• In equal parts, 1 liter of boiling water is brewed 1 glass of herbage leaves motherwort, marsh swine, hawthorn flowers and mistletoe white, insist and take 100 ml 3 times a day for half an hour before meals.
• Mix the herbs in the following proportions: hawthorn (flowers) - 5 parts, motherwort (grass) - 5 parts, cotton grass (grass) - 5 parts, chamomile (flowers) - 2 parts. Two tablespoons of the mixture pour 1 liter of boiling water, insist 20 minutes, strain. Drink 100 ml of infusion 3 times a day.
• Mix the herbs in the following proportions: caraway seeds (fruits) - 1 part, valerian (root) - 2 parts, hawthorn (flowers) - 3 parts, mistletoe white (grass) - 4 parts. Two tablespoons of the mixture pour 400 ml of boiling water, insist 2 hours, drain. To drink during the day.
• Mix the gruel of a lemon or an orange with a peel, but without seeds, with granulated sugar to taste. Take a teaspoon 3 times daily before meals.
• Mix the herbs in the following proportions: yarrow herb - 3 parts; Flowers of hawthorn blood-red, grass horsetail field, grass mistletoe white, leaves vinca small - 1 part. A tablespoon of collection pour a glass of hot water and insist for 3 hours, boil for 5 minutes, cool and strain. Take 1 / 3-1 / 4 cup 3-4 times a day.
• Mix the herbs in the following proportions: the flowers of the hawthorn are blood-red, the grass of the mistletoe is white - equally. Pour a teaspoon of the collection with a glass of boiling water, 10 minutes and strain. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day an hour after eating.
• A tablespoon of ordinary ashberry seeds should be brewed with 1 glass of boiling water, insist before cooling, drain. Drink 0.5 cup 2-3 times a day.
• Collect the ingredients in the following proportions: marsh grass, marshwort grass, five-lobed grass - 2 parts, hawthorn flowers of blood-red, horsetail grass - according to the first part. 20 g of collection pour 200 ml of water, heat in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, cool for 45 minutes, strain and add boiled water to the original volume. Take 1 / 4- 1/3 cup 3-4 times a day.
• Collect the ingredients in the following ratios: tansy (inflorescence), elecampane high (root) - equally. A teaspoon of the mixture pour 2 cups of boiling water, boil in a water bath for 1.5 hours, drain. Drink 100 ml 3 times a day for 2 hours before meals.
• 3 large heads of garlic and 3 lemons pass through a meat grinder, brew 1,25 liters of boiling water, close tightly and insist in a warm place for a day, stirring occasionally, then strain. Drink 1 tablespoon 2-3 times a day for 30 minutes before meals.
• When hypertension with atherosclerosis 2 large heads of garlic chop and pour 250 ml of vodka, insist 12 days. Take 20 drops 3 times a day for 15 minutes before meals. To improve the taste, tincture of mint can be added to the tincture. The course of treatment is 3 weeks.
• 3 drops of fresh aloe juice diluted in a teaspoon of cold boiled water. Take daily on an empty stomach 1 time per day. The course of treatment is 2 months. The pressure is normalized.
• 250 grams of horseradish (washed and peeled) grind on a grater, pour 3 liters of cold boiled water, boil for 20 minutes. Drink 100 ml 3 times a day. After several sessions, the pressure drops to normal.
• 20 g shredded bean wing pour 1 liter of water, boil in a water bath for 3-4 hours, cool, drain. Decoction to drink 0.5 cup 4-5 times a day.
• 10 grams of spring flowers, buckwheat flowers, lily of the valley roots, crushed valerian roots, 1 glass of vodka.
  Shredded collection pour 1 glass of vodka. Insist in a dark place in a glass bowl with a lid for 20 days.
  Take 3 drops a day for 25 drops per 1 tbsp. L. Water 30 minutes before meals.
• 60 g of dry grape wine, 20 drops of fresh yarrow juice, 20 drops of rue juice, 10 g of buckwheat grass.
  Ingredients to mix, insist for a day in a dark glass vessel in a warm place.
  Take 1 time a day in the morning, 30 to 40 minutes before meals.
• 5 g of willow bark, 1 g of herb wormwood, 15 g of herb yarrow, 10 grams of ground flaxseed, 150 ml of steep boiling water.
  1 tbsp. L. Collection to fall asleep in enameled dishes, pour boiling water, cover, leave for 30 minutes. The obtained infusion is filtered, the raw material is pressed.
  Take 2 times a day for 30 minutes before meals for a month.
• 10 grams of lemon balm leaves, 20 g of corn stigmas, lemon juice, 0.5 liters of steep boiling water.
  Squeeze the juice from the lemon. Pour the resulting collection in enameled dishes, pour boiling water. Keep in a water bath for 20 minutes. Infuse before cooling down. Infusion of pour, raw materials to squeeze. Add the lemon juice to the resulting infusion.
  Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day 30 minutes after eating. Conduct 3 courses of 7 days with a weekly interval.
• 20 grams of herb rue, corn stigmas, 10 grams of valerian root, peppermint leaves, 1 glass of steep boiling water.
  Mix all the ingredients, 2 tbsp. L. Collection put in enameled dishes, pour boiling water. Boil in a water bath for 20 minutes. Infuse until cooled. Strain, raw squeeze.
  Take 2 - 3 times a day with meals for a month.
• 30 g of valerian roots, common anise grass, motherwort leaves, 20 grams of dried sunflower petals, yarrow herb, 1 cup of boiled water.
  2 tbsp. L. Collect the collection in enameled dishes, cover with a lid. Infuse in a water bath for 20 minutes. After cooling, strain, raw materials to squeeze.
  Take 1/3 cup 2 - 3 times a day with meals.

Diet

First of all, it is necessary to exclude from the diet fatty foods and foods rich in cholesterol; There is less sweet, and also fresh bread, replacing it with breadcrumbs or rice. All products that delay the development of atherosclerosis are useful: fruits, cottage cheese, dairy products (especially curdled milk and whey), egg white, cabbage, peas, boiled beef, etc., as well as foods rich in vitamin C: radishes, green onions, horseradish, black Currant, lemons. Such nutrition reduces the level of toxins in the body. Consumption of salt should not exceed 3 grams, or half a teaspoon per day.

Recent studies have revealed a link between the presence in the body of calcium and potassium and blood pressure. People who consume large amounts of food with a high content of potassium, have normal pressure, without even controlling the intake of salt. Calcium and potassium contribute to the removal of excess sodium and control the state of the vascular system. Potassium is found in large quantities in vegetables and fruits, calcium in cottage cheese.

Traditional means of treatment of essential hypertension

The success of treatment is determined by the normalization of blood pressure figures in accordance with age, good health, no complications from the treatment.

Therapy of this disease should be complex. When choosing medicines, pressure reducing agents are used. This is a large group of drugs with different effects. In addition, they use vasodilator and diuretic drugs. A great role in successful treatment is played by sedative (sedative) drugs. Doses and duration of medication intake are selected only by a doctor, individually for each patient!

When prescribing treatment, doctors pay much attention to the indices of systolic and diastolic pressure. If there is an increase in systolic pressure, then preference is given to the "inhibitory" effects on the heart.

The patient must also comply with the regime of rational work and rest, sleep should be sufficient, an afternoon rest is desirable. Of great importance are physical training - physical exercises, walking within reasonable limits, not violating the work of the heart. The patient should not experience unpleasant sensations, discomfort behind the sternum, dyspnea, palpitation.

In the recommendations concerning the diet, certain restrictions are included: reducing the intake of table salt (no more than 5 g per day), liquids (not more than 1.5 liters per day), refusal of alcoholic beverages. Patients who are overweight should reduce the calorie content of food, eat more vegetables and fruits.

Physical factors in the treatment of GB are increasingly used. At the same physician-physiotherapist appointed soothing, relaxing procedures: electrosleep, electrophoresis of medicinal substances.

Treatment with a magnetic field of low frequency (magnetotherapy) produces a pronounced positive effect due to the ability of this physical factor to lower pressure and relieve pain.

Currently, there is a large number of devices generating a low-frequency magnetic field. Among them are portable, convenient to use, they can be purchased at pharmacies. Area of ​​action of the magnetic field in GB is the posterior surface of the neck.

In addition, various therapeutic baths - coniferous, carbonic, pearl, hydrogen sulphide, and also therapeutic showers are very useful.

The majority of patients with initial stages of GB can be treated at home, with periodic observation of therapists in the clinic, following recommendations on the organization of the regime, diet, physical training.