Hypertension-Natural Cures for High Blood Pressure

I read this information in a Chinese site and I want to submit it for readers who have High blood pressure, I didn't try it because I don't have Hypertension.

Banana peel for Hypertension: boil eight dry banana peel a day, and pour it in the bottle and drunk as a tea all the day, drink eight days, you cannot cut off, no grade less than sixty four banana. Drink eight days to heal.

Anyone try it please let us know the effect of it.

Rebel, I'm not sure why, but my blood pressure stabilized in the normal range and I slowly withdrew from taking NAC, arginine and lysine everyday. My blood pressure has stayed normal after removal of the three. I don't think that happens with the prescription BP meds......I've always heard that you have to take those for life. If you do much research on NAC, it has many potential health benefits when taken at proper dosing consistently all by itself.

This more recent rodent study may give a clue why:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877599/

Apparently NAC may help prevent high blood pressure from getting started in the first place. It's only a rodent study and that does not mean it will be the same for humans, but NAC and arginine have very good safety profiles with generally positive side effects as compared to the negatives of many BP prescriptions. There are many studies on the benefits of NAC.

It's actually pretty sad that after the original study from May of 2008

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/31/5/940.long

that produced such impressive results and led me to try arginine / NAC in the first place, there were no follow on studies to help confirm the efficacy of this cheap and safe combination in larger groups. If it was patentable, I'm sure it would have been a different story though.

Obviously people should not attempt this combination without their doctor's approval and supervision as high blood pressure can be dangerous and sometimes deadly.

I still use all three for different things, but not everyday anymore . The lysine was needed at the time to keep my arginine / lysine ratio in balance as I felt I was getting more frequent colds than what is normal for me when using just the arginine and NAC. Overall I would rate this combination of natural supplements very high at a level somewhat similar to the borax remedy that is frequently discussed here.

Art

You can buy hibiscus from health food stores or from any Mexican grocery stores as well, it is called Jamaica in Mexican stores. Try using a combo of hibiscus and dandelion root to make a tea. I have been using this for over three months and my bp is 110/72 down from 164/98. I make a tea by adding two tsp of dandelion root and about six tsp of hibiscus in hot but not boiling water in a tea pot, let it simmer or sip tea pot for abut 20 mins, then add it to large 2l bottle and fill it with water and take it with you at work and drink all day. Very refreshing as well and the bp will come down in about 6 days. Hope this helps.

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I too have been diagnosed with hypertension. Not so much do to my weight but a horrible inherited disease passed from my dad. Apple cider vinager is very tasty, and it has a blood thinning effect wich allows blood to flow more fluid through out the body. I make my own salad dressing using apple cider vinager and everyday I drench my saled with it and dont waste a drop. I would like to say that it is a great way to help high blood pressure. I am also currently on 2 bp medications. Before the meds and vinager I was averaging 146/96 or higher. Now my average low is 116/68. But these past two days it has been elevated for some reason. So I guess im torn on the effects of apple cider vinager. But at least it tastes good!!!

Sesame Seed Oil & Hypertension

About 1-1/2 years ago I was diagnosed with a severe case of hypertension. I was put on diuretics and B blockers which for a while brought my blood pressure down to the normal range. In the past few months the drugs haven't been as effective and my pressure started trending up. Accidentally, I ran across info that sesame seed oil could bring a person's BP back into the normal range. I've been using it for the past month and my BP has been trending lower. I'm not back at normal yet but about half way there. I'm hoping in another month to 6 weeks I'll be back there and maybe be able to reduce or eventually give up the drugs altogether. Time will tell.

I am researching high blood pressure and perimenopausal women. I am finding LOTS on hormonal changes and higher blood pressure / hypertension.

Experiencing this at the moment... not fun!

Hi all, I am 28 years old and have had pre-hypertension for about the last year...usual readings were anywhere from 120-130/80-87. I stumbled upon this site in hopes for a natural remedy to lower my numbers. I was giving the raw, unfiltered ACV to my pets (just a bit in their water) and I had never tried it myself. For days 1 & 2 I used 2 tbsp. 3 times a day diluted in 10 ounces of water, then went to 2 tsp. 3 times a day.

All I have to say is that the results for me were amazing. After 4 days of taking ACV, my numbers are already lower. I just took my BP this morning and it was 110/63, and this is the average since I've been taking ACV. My fiance and I work in the medical industry and have a very expensive, trusted digital BP cuff we use here at home, so I am not worried about these results not being accurate.

I do the same thing, my blood pressure cuff is buried in a drawer. I walk everyday, think positively, eat healthy and feel my body will tell me if something is wrong. I hope one day we find out the truth behind what doctors are telling us and how quickly they dole out drugs as if it's the answer to everything.

I worked for a conventional veterinarian and saw the same thing. Yearly vaccines are a scam, they are not needed. I heard from an old time vet who was retiring the reason yearly vaccines were started was to get pets in for their yearly exam. They knew if they sent out a reminder card for an exam it would very likely be ignored, but if they made you think vaccines were needed you would be more apt to make an appointment. Yearly vaccines can cause more harm than good. The current information is vaccines have a memory and are good for life. Veterinarians need to be very careful "pushing" vaccines. I also worked for a holistic veterinarian who taught me so much. She hated vaccines and saw the results of overvaccinating everyday. She practiced conventional medicine for over ten years, when I asked her why she stopped she said, "Because it doesn't work!"

As Hope said, we can be in control of our health and our destiny and it's so nice to know others feel the same way I do.

great to hear that other people feel the same as me. I had some anxiety symptoms, and my doctor put me on beta blockers, said that it would calm palpitations and lower blood pressure. Well they didnt, and made me feel worse and in fact caused me vitamin imbalance. I see a good friend who does muscle testin, and she discovered I was deficient in magnesium, which causes all these things. I take an ionic magnesium, use cayenne pepper and nibble celery which keeps my blood pressure normal. It took me a year to get off of the medication. I bought my own machine, and got used to having it done, so no problem now. I just have a high pulse, but am doing rebounding to help with that. This banning of herbs, and possible vitamins and minerals next is just the corrupt pharmaceuticals trying to control what we do, and because we are all waking up to it. They are losing money and they dont like it. If we have to purchase our minerals and vitamins through them or the doctor, they wont be pure.

When I had the burning feet, which was a B1 deficiency, my doctor had told me 6 months before that it was just anxiety. Thank god for natural remedies, and this wonderful site of course.

Two months and laughing.

Think of all the precious things I had to give up, for normal BP. Buying drugs every month at the hospital. Waiting 3 hours to see the doctor. Waiting another hour to pay for and receive the drugs. Think I'll miss the following?

Amlodipine: oedema (feet and ankles, headache, palpitations, dizziness, tremor, nausea, muscle-, stomach- or, dyspepsia; blood disorders, breasts in men (gynecomastia), impotence,tachycardia , hyperglycemia, insomnia,erratic behavior, hepatitis, jaundice - in 1 in 10,000, depression,

Verapamil: Oedema Ankle, Headache, constipation

Nifedipine: oedema, headache, palpitation, peripheral oedema, vasodilation,nausea, dizziness, abdominal pain, chest pain, malaise, pain,angina pectoris, postural hypotension, syncope, tachycardia, constipation, diarrhoea, dry mouth, dyspepsia, vomiting,arthralgia [jointpain], myalgia [muscle pain],Insomnia, nervousness, paraesthesia, somnolence,[sleepy] tremour, vertigo, dyspnoea [hard to breathe], pruritus, rash, skin disorder, sweating, nocturia, [piss night lots] polyuria [kidney], abdomen enlargement, allergic reaction, photosensitivity reaction, hypotension, flatulence, gastrointestinal disorder, GGTP increased, purpura skin bruising, hypesthesia, urticaria, abnormal vision, ambyopia, urinary frequency increased, gum hyperplasia, agranulocytosis, gynaecomastia, erythromelalgia, exfoliative dermatitis anaphylactic reaction, hypovolaemia a distinct fall in blood pressure can occur as a result of vasodilation.

I won't go on with the others that I tried but Nifedipine-R was the least worst of them. Remember the doctors advertising from about 5000 years ago? "First do no harm" You see anything harmless about the above?

Of course I have also iven up all starch including rice and that means cakes biscuits too. And milk, butter, eggs, sugar, and all meat containing di-ethel stilbestrol, antibiotics, Ventolin [it's given to pigs to make the meat look redder] Coffee, coke, pepsi, fanta. Yup! You've guessed it. Vegys and fruit and about 30 grams of a very small sea fish. I figure my brain is stuffed already so what the hell harm can a little more mercury do?

I agree with you flaxseed, 1-2 tablespoons, exercise and low-fat diet will lower in a week at least 10 points.

Hi Faeqa,

Cured paitents had their Hyper tension for a range of 5 to 15 years.

Hypertension levels varied from 14.5 over 9.5 to a crazy (claimed) 20 over 15. this case stabilized at 15 over 10 after the course.

A relative female of mine stabilized at 12 ovre 8 after normally being 16.5 over 10. Please be aware I report what was said to me.

The book is for a Priest writer called "Matta Tarrab". His book is "Qamus al-tibb al-bayti".. Sadly I couldn't find and english reprint of it.

Good luck.

I don't know what's 'essential' about hypertension. I do know that a helmet is essential if you ride a motorcycle and clean food is essential if you want to go on living. I know how essential it is that a good doctor [tell me if you find one] will give you the following information.

'White coat syndrome' increases blood pressure …. Mmhg

Circadian rhythm 'High Tides' 0600am. 1200am &1700pm, increases blood pressure ….mmhg

'Low Tides' 0300am and 1500pm, and lowers blood pressure….mmhg

It is 'essential to list the BP monitors that falsely show increased BP.

T…..o wrist monitor over reads systolic & diastolic by 6 mmhg to 8 mmhg.

O…..n upper arm monitor over reads systolic 3 to 8 mmhg, diastolic under reads 3 mmhg.

I know how 'essential' it is to take at least one more BP check 15 minutes after the first because it usually shows a lower - by around 5mmhg - more accurate reading.

I couldn't find mmhg figures for circadian rhythms and you may have different home monitors.

You can take this info along with you, he won't like it, but that's not your concern - nor his.

You need to dispel the imposed fear that increases BP.

Art, thanx again for your post as this is very good news for people suffering hypertension. I don't have any numbers to support as I have many issues that overlap and I can't determine exactly hardly anything as a certainty; but I am taking 1000mg daily NAC 500mg Glutamine or Glutamic Acid 2000mg Trimethyleglycine for maximum Glutathione production; plus an Arginine/Ornithine 1000mg daily. I am venturing a guess that the NAC is only for Glutathione boosting and nothing in itself. The Arginine itself is known to produce Nitric Oxide which dilates blood vessels. In short, a Glutathione deficiency could be a major player in many folks hypertension.

This would put Walnuts at the top of the food group in this case as they are high in Arginine, pre-formed Glutathione, and anti-inflammatory Omega 3 EFA's.

Evidently the human body or at least a compromised body cannot properly make the conversion of sulphur containing foods to the acetylated form of Cysteine, making this supplement quite important. I have read that NAC is first line defense in emergency care for many cases of overdose or poisonings. There are more and more studies proving many benefits of Arginine.

I have the _____s raw organic apple cider vinegar for a week now my husband blood pressure is 163/107. How much apple cider vinegar should he drink and do you know how long it starts to work on lowering his blood pressure. His medications needs to refill but we want to try a home remedy to stay off the meds.

Exercise-induced hypertension? Does that mean your bp goes up when you exercise? It's supposed to. If it didn't you'd collapse. BP fluctuates according to what you are doing.

Hypertension, [calcium ions]

There's a lot of disinformation on the web and what follows may have some.

Calcium Ions go into a muscle when we want to do something and exit the muscle when it's relaxed, and so it is with the soft muscle surrounding the heart arteries, the soft muscle surrounding the bronchiole. Calcium entering the ears vestibular is a cause of vertigo and I believe calcium entering the eye is a cause of cataracts.

Wanting to pick up a glass, a message from the brain sends calcium ions into the muscle. Would it be the same with muscles surrounding heart arteries? If it is as simple as 'wanting' as it is with picking up a glass, why is it not as simple with heart arteries? Why not send the message -just once- for the heart arterial muscles to relax now? Messages should be that simple. Treating high blood pressure with addictive medication is only treating the symptoms.

The disease - if it is a disease - comes from the brain. How to treat this?

Well said Karen!!!! I couldn't have said it better.

As an RN, I can't see how mixing baking soda and vinegar can be helpful. The "fizzing" mentioned is a result of the bicarbonate (baking soda) neutralizing the acetic acid in the vinegar. An acid (vinegar) plus a base (baking soda) result in a chemical reaction that results in a neutralization of both. If you're using this combination, then there is not enough of one to completely neutralize the other. A tablespoon of vinegar with 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda would result in neturalizing the baking soda but not all of the acid.

If you're using this combination and your BP is lower, look elsewhere for the reason. These two ingredients shouldn't be mixed together.

My mother has been taking blood pressure meds for years, and she has wildly fluctuating pressure. I asked her doctor one time if the meds could have a rebound effect and he said 'definately'. So you might consider that going off of the meds so quickly could be your problem. Maybe you should take it a little more slowly. My husband lowered his pressure 10 pts. top and bottom with ACV, 1tbl. 3 times a day, but he had never used any BP meds, so that was not a complication. Don't give up, I wish you luck.

Hi Alan, did you have any other effects from the Apple Cider Vinegar and garlic, other improvements in your health or any ill effects? Wondering if the garlic you used was home grown, organic bought or imported (most likely chemical sprayed). The Apple Cider Vinegar should still have delivered some benefits even if it wasn't raw with mother. Other things you could look into are Magnesium, hawthorn, beetroot.

Best to you.

My husband had high blood pressure 160/100 and after getting a high reading a couple of times he got nervous and developed what is called white coat hypertension. He took chlorella, spirlina, and chlorphyll. It is not a quick fix as it took 1.5 years but his blood pressure is now 108/80 and it is consistently so.

I would recommend any of the green cereal grasses or the algaes to take to combat hypertension. You can take as much as you like as they are considered to be SUPERFOODS and are never toxic in any amount.

Hi, I suffered from severe preeclampsia due to high blood pressure during my preganancy my bp almost went up to 180/105 but even after pregnancy i had the same problem for months i had 150/100 range bp. Later I was diagnosed with chronic hypertension. One day accidentally i browsed through your website and found the health benefits of acv and gave it a try. This time after 4 yrs of high blood pressure. To my amazement my bp was 100/59. My husband also could not believe this. Thanks to apple cider vinegar. (I used _______s organic ACV).

Hi Farahat, Since when you and the persons u know who used iodine to cure Hypertension are blood pressure patient?

What is the name of the old remedies book u read? Thanks

Has anyone had good results with oregano oil and hypertension?

Jamila, I found oregano oil extract raised my blood pressure.

Ripe or green bananas? I want to try

Anyone know how to reverse Portal Hypertension naturally?

Sheshe: I would first try to remove any toxin that could cause PH. Next I would do a gallbladder cleanse. Last, take any number of Liver support herbs (list of single or combinations here on E.C.).

If this doesn't remove the hypertension try magnet therapy. You will need a strong magnet for best results.

Also, there may be a need for buffering overly high acidic conditions. I use Backing Soda-Sea Salt 50/50 2x day. This helps especially with the esophagus.

For TED, I am newly diagnosed with HTN (Hypertension). I have been taking digestive enzymes for about a year for better digestion (similase combination). Is that making me more acidic and how do I incorporate that into the ACV regiment? Thanks Joanne

Art, thank you very much for this thoroughly informative post, as hypertension is a major health problem. The addition of the NAC with the L-Arginine must be the magic bullet. I don't think the Arginine alone produced near the results as this combination; this is truly good news for those "unresponders" like yourself and others. Did you discontinue the previous natural treatment ingredience and protocols then tried the aminos only?

Lisinipril @ 20mg daily has been very beneficial for me (also an unresponder). I'm not a big proponent of pharms but if the cost is not too high and the negative side effects few, "go-for-it".

In reply to, Timh from Louisville, Ky, Usa: You're welcome!

It seems like wherever I go, I run into people with hypertension/high blood pressure, so it must be fairly prevalent. Given that high fructose corn syrup and high levels of table salt in processed foods are the norm in many peoples diets, I can certainly see why high blood pressure would be a common problem. Btw, I read another 2010 rat study that suggested that the nac/arginine combo might also help offset the known hypertensive effects of a high fructose high salt diet. It was only a rat study and those don't always translate directly into human equivalency, but it is promising and worth further study in humans.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19806432

In further reading it seems like citrulline, a precursor of arginine might also be effective with nac or even with nac arginine. The safety profile of these three along with their other health benefits seems like it may be a good first line hypertensive therapy approach before trying the prescription route if people are so inclined.

To answer your question, I continued with what I was already taking as I was taking things like the potassium, magnesium, zinc, vitamin d, multi-vitamin and vitamin b complex for other health benefits other than high blood pressure reduction so I didn't want to lose out on those potential health benefits, plus there is the possibility that those supplements may have been partially controlling my blood pressure already.

I hope others are able to derive benefit from this reasonably priced and readilly available combo(nac/arginine) with the good safety profile! It is amazing to me that there were no direct follow up studies after that promising one in 2008. I guess if it isn't patentable, then funding may be hard to come by.

Art

Timh, I agree, glutathione deficiency may be a major contributing factor for some peoples hypertension issues as well as many other health issues that have excess oxidation and inflammation as major components and that would be a fairly long list!

NAC is noted for its glutathione increasing potential and is itself a free radical scavenger as well as an anti-inflammatory, capable of inhibiting inflammatory cytokines and mediators like, il-1, il-6, and tnf-alpha so it maybe more than just helping to increase glutathione levels.

NAC is fairly impressive as is its safety profile. The combination with arginine seems to be very impressive. I hope it continues to work!

Art

Hey Art. Just checking to see if you have any updates on this. Are you still taking NAC and L- Arginine and if so, are your readings still good on your blood pressure?

Hello Art, I wonder what brand you are taking ?

Tony, I don't think that you can post brands here, but if it is allowed, I just use Swanson brand, but there are plenty of online supplement suppliers who carry these same type supplements in similar sizes as used in that study. Art

Thank you Art! I take nothing at this time for blood pressure, but I am considering going to get a CDL truck drivers license and I will have to be 120 over 80 or they will make me get on meds. I normally run around 140 over 90 ish. I have been able to get in control in the past, but it never lasts. So I will give this a shot. I don't know if I missed it, but do you take the pill or loose powder of the L-Arginine and L- Lysine?

I use both of them in capsule form.

How does Lysine fit into this equation? And what dose? Thanks. I am ordering NAC and L-Arginine now!

Where would I fimd the hibiscus tea, in health food stores or the supermarkets, please enlighten me, as I too suffer from high pertension and am presently on meds

I ordered the Hibiscus flowers online at nutsonline.com. Good luck!

Hibiscus tea is also called Karkade. I buy it mainly in the health food stores in France, Germany, Switzerland or England, I suppose in some countries you can also find it in the supermarkets, just keep looking! No idea whether it helps with high blood pressure, never drank it for that reason! You will also find it in Arab stores, they drink a lot of hibiscus tea. An Egyptian lady introduced me to it!

Dear Earth Clinic folks,

I have had hypertension I suspect for most of my life. Recently I got really sick from atrial finbrillosis where my lungs filled with fluid, and it was found I had hyperthyroidism. I am taking methimazole -just 1 tab now, with bugleweed and potassium iodide (12. 5mg iodide content); a slew of vitamins, zinc, magnesium, CoQ10(100mg) with L-carnitine (500mg) 2x day, taurine and L-arginine as needed and trying to avoid the nasty beta-blockers my cardiologist wants me to take. The thyroid levels are now normal but I still have very high blood pressure (160-170/ 110), in spite of the amount of Mg (citrate) I am taking -3 teaspoons/day. I began taking about 1/4 teaspoon sea salt/day but my BP went up some more. I am thinking I need more potassium but I also read that zinc and magnesium were antoagonists to potassium.

So, my question to anyone who can help is, how can I balance all these minerals and vitamins so that I can get my BP down and keep it down? I would like to reduce my intake of supplements as I am now spending more on them than on food, and my financial resources are very limited.

I eat a lot of fruit and veg, some meat, some fish, am skinny and active, nearly 60, and otherwise very healthy.

Christine, the best way to balance the vitamins and minerals would be to take them as a superfood. Spirulina and chlorella are great as is wheatgrass juice. Starting the day with a green juice is so healthy for you. Aloe Vera juice is also fantastic. These have most of the vitamins and minerals in them and of course are in balance because they are natural. You could even take colloidal minerals.

Google Chorella factor for an ebook on the wonders of spirulina and chlorella (a 39 page book).

Even I have been taking ACV regularly, but my BP keeps on fluctuating and has always been consistently in pre hypertension range, with maximum times being in hypertension range with readings like 138/92 or 144/96.

Along with ACV if I exercise, it helps in getting it down and to me the breathing machine resperate seems to help as well.

Hypertension. There's 90% disinformation on the internet & it's difficult to tell the good from the bad. No, I don't believe your site is in the 90%, however the sites I viewed for Vitamin K2 are all flogging the stuff without any info, maybe K2 is not for us. But what confuses me is, we've got voltage dependant calcium ions moving into the muscle fibers surrounding arteries and bronchial tubes, for contraction and out again for relaxing muscle fiber, dilation, the usual everyday working muscles. And into the soft muscle tissue surrounding the heart arteries and bronchial tubes in the case of hypertension & asthma, not exiting but staying there. Causes can be, bad food or stress, both are choices. Plus, calcium, just a millimeter away, on the inside of the artery wall, perhaps preventing the soft muscle tissue from dilating, or just filling up the pipe. I suppose the blood carries the calcium there. Why? What causes the calcium to stop and remain on the arterial wall? What is the pathway and who/what directs it there? K2 or whatever doesn't address the disease, only the symptoms.

As I read your post and see you have a healthy lifestyle by running a marathon. I was thinking of a book I read about excess fat in our diets coming from oils, processed junk food, maybe excess dairy meat. A cardiologist named Dr. Esselstyn has helped folks reverse heart disease by lowering their fat intake basically. It has helped me to lower my fat grams from 60 to 30 grams a day, but I am very petite and short.

I think with baking soda you might get a rise in your BP. In the book "Wardmaster" writen in the nineteen thirties.. The author says that if you have a flare up of arthiritis you take baking soda until your ears start ringing.. (High bp. ) and wrap up warmly and go to bed.. This stops the inflamation and settles things down again.

I tried this remedy and the sodium in baking soda raised my blood pressure to 204/100, glad I had some Carditone to help get my pressure down!!

Paulette, follow the beginners rule: start low and go slow. One spoon per day... Report results.

What on earth does " cuffed " mean?

Thanks for your clarification on terms in CUFF AND CUFFED and the resource you provided. I'm sure persons will need to know that resource exist. The point for persons reading, ACV WORKS! Thanks again

I was diagnosed a few days ago with High Blood Pressure. Last year I was in a terrible accident with a bus, whoich left me with a few multiple anxiety disorders. Since I was 19, I have practiced Yoga and vegetarianism, I am 57 years of age presently. I tried the blood pressure mediceine once and felt like I was going to die. After speaking with a few friends including a 33, 52 and 43 year old, whom each had been diagnosed with high blood pressure, hypertension, etc. they suggested I not take the medicine. I not only planned to not take it, I told the doctor that if anyone was to prescribe anything for me, it would have to be me. I have beefed up my Yoga routine, I have no weight issues, or had a background, other than before I became a vegetarian, I beleive that I can get my bp down. I had ACV in my cabinet, and wanted to remind myself of what a marvelous home remedy it is. I would love to report, my findings in a week. Presently my bp is 180/100. I am learning to relax in an unrelaxed society.

Osiris, just saw your e-mail on Earth Clinic. B/P is 184/87 at 1am. Is the ACV working for you? I'm asking you because yours is or was as high as mine. Hope it came down.Thanks

Bill McL