Alternative High Blood Pressure Medicine

High blood pressure is a very common health condition and effects about one in every five person. In most of the cases, the condition goes unnoticed as high blood pressure does not have any clear cut symptoms. The common symptoms are dizziness, headaches and nosebleeds. There are no specific causes for this condition. Many things like hypertension, anxiety, stress, weight gain, age, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, sedentary or inactive lifestyle and family history can be a cause for High Blood Pressure. So far no identifiable cause has been diagnosed. Secondary hypertension can be due to some conditions like kidney disease, hormonal changes, thyroid disorders and use of certain drugs like oral contraceptives. If left untreated, High Blood Pressure can be a silent killer and can causes disastrous consequences like kidney failure, heart failure, vision loss and hemorrhages. Alternative medicine treatment for High Blood Pressure is quite effective and has gained a lot of popularity in recent years. Some of the things that have been found to be effective in treating hypertension are:

Folic Acid: Folate is a vitamin B and is involved in the formation of red blood cells. It has been shown to reduce blood pressure by lowering the homocysteine level which is generally elevated in hypertension patients.

Fish oil: Fish oil supplements have DHA (docohexaenoic acid) and EPA ( eicosapentaenoic acid). DHA has been shown to lower high blood pressure and can have modest effect on it.

Hawthorn: This herb is used to treat high blood pressure and is shown to reduce high diastolic pressure. It does not interfere or interact with high blood pressure medications.

Garlic: Garlic supplements have been shown to effect people with mild high blood pressure. Medical supervision should be taken before using the garlic supplement as it has a blood thinning effect similar to that of aspirin and also interacts with many drugs and supplements like Coumadin, aspirin, vitamin E and gingko.

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10): Coenzyme Q10 supplement have been shown to reduce systolic as well as diastolic pressure.