Tg (Tn ) on 11/29/2013
Replied By Mama To Many (Tennessee, Usa) on 11/30/2013
I would personally not suggest quitting your meds cold turkey. I think I would try adding some cayenne and monitoring the results and then begin to wean off meds. Are you able to monitor your BP at home? This way you would be able to try and make your switch over gradually and safely.
Since the goal would be to take 1 teaspoon of cayenne daily, try 1/3 teaspoon in some water or juice once a day for a few days. If it makes your BP go lower, you could perhaps reduce your meds some. However, since Cayenne is normalizing to the circulatory system, it may not actually make your BP too low. If you get up to 1 teaspoon per day with no changes, then go ahead and begin to reduce the meds. Just go gradually. Reduce one medicine by 25 % for a few days, then 50% for a few days, etc.
Also, as you increase the cayenne, I would take it in divided does. Start with 1/3 teaspoon per day. Then 1/3 teaspoon twice a day, then 1/3 teaspoon there times a day. Perhaps for convenience you could move to 1/2 teaspoon twice a day.
Meanwhile, keep reading Earth Clinic stories as to how others have used diet and other things to control and solve BP problems.
I am not a doctor, just going by our own experience with using natural medicines.
Let us know how it goes!
~Mama to Many~
Replied By Tg (Tn) on 11/30/2013
Replied By Mama To Many (Tennessee, Usa) on 11/30/2013
Not a dumb question at all...here is what I was thinking...if you get up to the 1 teaspoon dosage of cayenne with no changes, you won't know until you start weaning from meds if it is contributing to a stable BP number. (Since cayenne is a normalizing herb, it might not lower it further. People respond differently to things....so there isn't a one size fits all solution to most problems.) If you get to 1 teaspoon a day and start weaning from meds and your BP goes up, you will know that cayenne is not the solution for you. At that point, you would just want to continue the meds as you have been and perhaps look in to something else.
If the cayenne does reduce your BP before getting to the full dose, you could go ahead and start weaning. You just want to do all of this slowly (increase cayenne slowly, decrease meds slowly) so you don't have any dramatic changes happening.
I hope that makes sense.
Keep us posted!
~Mama to Many~
Replied By Sarah (Uk) on 06/16/2022
Waking up with a fast heart rate and high blood pressure a few times in the night and morning. Cardio said I have fluctuating blood pressure. Could I take cayenne or garlic in the evening to stop this? My blood pressure is low to normal during the day. What can I do? I'm so concerned about having a stroke.
Replied By Ed2010 (Canada) on 11/30/2013
From my observation, Cayenne increases the Blood Flow, increasing blood flow is initiated by increasing the blood pressure. IMHO, cayenne is not the right herb or food for High Pressure. There are many reasons for High Pressure Mineral Imbalance, Increased Fat in Body, In many cases the body increases itself the pressure so as to maintain the balance and blood flow. If mineral Imbalance is the cause of your blood pressure then take Prune Water which I mentioned in the HBP page. However, if you want to try Cayenne It won't hurt, try from little 1/4 th tsp in a glass of water one time a day. Simultaneously, monitoring your pressure in Home. Good Health
Replied By Pam E. (SouthWestern California) on 10/29/2023
Ed2010 said: "Cayenne increases the Blood Flow, increasing blood flow is initiated by increasing the blood pressure"However, the article .. .
Cayenne Pepper: Benefits, Nutrition, Uses, Recipes https://draxe.com/nutrition/cayenne-pepper-benefits/
explains .. .
"Studies indicate that the capsaicin in cayenne pepper helps to *clear away* artery-narrowing lipid deposits, and *dilates* arteries and blood vessels ... ."#
This means that Capsaicin opens up arteries & veins in different ways, thus allowing more blood to flow through them as a result... .
*This* is what improves blood flow ... *not* the narrowing of blood arteries & vessels (which is what causes blood pressure to *rise* & blood flow to *diminish*).
Replied By Timh (Ky, Usa) on 12/01/2013
Replied By Beberobozo ( New York) on 12/01/2013
I would to next do the L Argenine ...
Okay My experience with cayenne was interesting ... I was using it one morning before I went to doctors office for bp check and it actually made my bp higher... It def. makes the heart stronger and all because I can feel it when I use it in my heart and pulse.. Okay so now I just do a few sprinkles of it on food during the day but not much..so going to experiment with that.. I like all the suggestions but for me and from experience I would just be a bit vigilant with cayenne and see what happens.. Like I said it did not lower my bp .. it made it higher I am assuming because its quite powerful....Like someone said we are all different and each person has to find their own natural way... I am still trying to find what is best for me.
Personally I think the only way is to keep checking on yourself and genetic testing but that cost money.. Good Luck
Replied By Marie (Batavia Ny) on 03/30/2016
Yep me too. I can't take cayenne. Drank V8 tomato juice with hot cayenne in it only had one small glass and my bl pr went up over 40 points. A few months ago I tried drinking a glass of water with a quarter ts of cayenne and the same thing happened. Bl pr rose to over 170/95!! I guess I just can't take it.Arginine does not work for me either. I took 6 grams divided 3x a day for four whole months and still bl pr high. I am in age 60's now. Going to see a holistic md next wk. I was at the er last nite cuz my bl pr was 195/116. I was freaking out., and this is with a bl pr pill which I normally only take half. But a whole one does not work either. I am trying the Apple Cider Vinegar now and will buy some beets and just eat one raw.
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Replied By RB (Somewhere in Europe) on 06/17/2022
Sarah,It is cayenne pepper that I would use.
If you master only one herb in your life, master cayenne pepper. It is more powerful than any other.
Dr. Christopher believed that cayenne was one of the finest foods for the heart. He wrote: "I have used cayenne so many times over the years with such success. We have been called out time after time on heart attack cases. Cayenne always saves them."
In 35 years of practice, and working with people and teaching, I have never, on house calls, lost one heart attack patient. The reason is, whenever I go in, if they are still breathing, I pour down them a cup of cayenne tea (a teaspoon of cayenne in a cup of hot water.) Usually, within minutes, they are up and around.
Cayenne is one of the fastest-acting aids we could give to the heart. It feeds the heart immediately. Most hearts are suffering from malnutrition because of the processed food we are eating.
But, cayenne is a powerful dose of real food. It is something that has brought people back time after time. This is something that everyone should know about, since a heart attack can come to your friends, loved ones and even yourself ? at any time.
I received an emergency call in the middle of the night. A woman in Salt Lake City had just suffered a severe heart attack and passed out.
I rushed over and fed the woman hot cayenne tea. Within minutes, she was sitting up feeling fine. The hot cayenne tea is faster-acting than tablets, capsules or cold tea. The warm tea opens up the cell structure and makes it expand and accept the cayenne that much faster. It goes directly to the heart through the arterial system and feeds it a powerful food.
(Quoted from the book titled "Curing with Cayenne" by Dr. Richard Schulze, Medical Herbalist)