Hypertension
Hypertension
While prescription drugs can lower blood pressure, they can cause side effects such as leg cramps, dizziness, and insomnia. Fortunately, most people can lower their blood pressure naturally without medication by using home remedies for low blood pressure (called hypotension).
1. Go for walks
The study found that hypertensive patients who went for brisk walking lowered their blood pressure by nearly 8 mmHg over 6 mmHg.
2. Take a deep breath
Slow breathing and meditative practices like qigong, yoga, and tai chi reduce stress hormones that increase levels of renin, a kidney enzyme that raises blood pressure. Exhale and release all tension. (Try these anti-stress yoga poses to ease tension.)
3. Pick potatoes every day
Eating potassium-rich fruits and vegetables is an important part of any blood pressure-reduction program, says Linda Van Horn, Ph.D., RD, professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Aim for 2,000 to 4,000 mg of potassium a day, he says.
4. Be as smart as salt
Certain groups of people—the elderly, African-Americans, and people with a family history of high blood pressure—are more likely than others to have blood pressure that is particularly sensitive to salt (or sodium).
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