| Consider these high blood pressure natural remedies | | | | diastolic is between 80-89. Your arteries and kidneys |
| the better alternatives to taking too many drugs and | | | | may start to have buildups. |
| medications which will later bring unpleasant side | | | | - Stage 1 hypertension: systolic is between 140-159 |
| effects. | | | | and diastolic is between 90-99. Pay closer attention |
| When you are concerned about your blood pressure, | | | | to your cardiovascular system. |
| buy a blood pressure monitor and measure your | | | | - Stage 2 hypertension: systolic reading above 160 |
| pressure twice a day. The most accurate times to | | | | and diastolic reading above 100. Be very careful for |
| taking pressure readings are the very first thing in | | | | people with reading in this range have a greater |
| the morning, right after getting out of bed and, | | | | chance of getting a stroke. |
| around 5 o'clock in the afternoon. No matter how old | | | | When you are in the pre-hypertension stage, there |
| you are, your blood pressure reading can be and | | | | are many ways you can improve your blood pressure |
| should be maintained at the normal range, be | | | | such as changing your diets, exercise more, drink |
| between 110-120 over 70-80. | | | | more water, quit smoking, etc. There are 3 |
| What do these numbers mean? The upper number is | | | | acupressure points you can use to adjust your blood |
| the systolic, is the pressure when the heart is | | | | pressure, lowering it if it's high or raising it up if you |
| contracting, pumping blood out of the heart, and the | | | | have low blood pressure. Use 3 Magna Blocs |
| lower number is diastolic, the pressure when the | | | | (therapeutic magnetic device) on these points and |
| heart is resting and blood is flowing back to it. High | | | | you should see improvement in a couple of hours or |
| systolic causes are mostly associates with the heart | | | | so, or you can massage these places often to |
| and the blood circulatory system, while high diastolic | | | | maintain normal pressure ranges (pictures below): |
| (or the lower number), is often related to your | | | | - The first one is the acupoint GV14 (Dazhui), the big |
| kidneys conditions. | | | | vertebrae central reunion point. |
| We need to understand how our circular system | | | | - Acupoint L14 (Hegu) |
| works if we want to treat it. The heart acts as a | | | | - Acupoint ST36 (Zusanli) |
| pump, sending blood to the cells through blood | | | | When you or someone in your household have blood |
| vessels though out the body. When our arteries and | | | | pressure that is way too high that could indicate a |
| capillaries are narrowed by plaque buildup, the heart | | | | stroke, there are two more acupressure points, if |
| has to raise the pressure in order to pump blood | | | | used correctly, can save someone from suffering a |
| through. Just think of it as the drain in your kitchen | | | | stroke: |
| sink, when there are grease buildup in the drain pipe, | | | | - GV20 (Baihui), located on the top of your head, |
| water is not flowing as fast as it should, and will | | | | apply a magna bloc or massage by hand. |
| cause water back up if it is serious enough. | | | | - BL40 (Weizhong), these points are directly behind |
| The first thing to do to treat high blood pressure is | | | | your knees, use a clean, sterilized needle and release |
| to clean up the arteries, by removing plaque buildup, | | | | some blood from this acupoint. According to Dr. Su |
| not to suppress the pressure. With a clean artery | | | | Wen Long of Taiwan, if these two points were used |
| system, it's no longer necessary for the heart to | | | | accurately and in timely mannor, one could prevent a |
| raise its pumping pressure and therefore, drops back | | | | serious stroke or heart attact. |
| to normal. | | | | Please note that it is not advised for women who |
| So what is normal and when you should be concern | | | | are pregnant to use magnetic therapy or massaging |
| about your blood pressure? Blood pressure readings | | | | the acupressure points. Using acupressure points to |
| fall into four categories ranging from normal to stage | | | | treat high blood pressure, can temporarily bring it |
| 2 hypertension (high blood pressure). | | | | down to a safer level to avoid sudden heart |
| - Normal blood pressure readings: systolic is between | | | | conditions. To treat the root cause, you need to |
| 110-120 over diastolic of 70-80. This is the ideal range | | | | work on clearing the arteries so blood can easily flow |
| for a healthy body. | | | | through without putting the heart to work extra hard |
| - Pre-hypertension: systolic is between 120-139 and | | | | by raising the pressure to get its job done. |