Popular folk ways of treating hypertension in old age

1 The effectiveness of

methods American scientists conducted a study that showed staggering results. Folk remedies not only allow to lower high pressure, but also increase the effectiveness of drug therapy. In addition, the body is not accustomed to harvesting on a plant basis, in contrast to chemicals. Still very important moment - national methods of treatment of a hypertonia in advanced age promote decrease in a dosage of medical products.

But patients who want to use this or that folk remedy for the treatment of hypertension must take several factors into account.

First, the approach to the treatment of hypertension is always complex. This means that along with non-traditional methods, medicines are always prescribed.

Secondly, it is necessary to inform your physician. It will help to choose recipes that will be most effective for a particular patient.

Thirdly, all doctors recommend to patients first:

• to lose weight if there is an excess of it;
• get rid of bad habits( smoking, drinking alcohol);
• monitor the diet( it should consist of food that is easily digested);
• use no more than 5 grams of salt per day;
• observe the water balance( the volume of liquid drunk per day should not exceed 1.5 liters).

With these recommendations, any treatment for hypertension begins.

2 Recipes for pressure reduction

There are many recipes that can reduce high blood pressure.

The most popular are the following:

1. Beet. Its composition allows you to prevent and even relieve attacks of hypertension. It promotes the cleavage of fatty tissues, increased hemoglobin levels, oxygenation of blood, purification and strengthening of the walls of blood vessels. Elderly people with hypertension is useful to eat beets with natural honey, if only it is not allergic.
2. Decoction of valerian. Ingredients: 100 g of valerian root, 1 l of boiling water. Pour the roots with water and stand on a quiet fire for 40 minutes, then let cool and strain. Take 2 cups of broth every day.
3. Onion tincture. Ingredients: 2-3 bulbs, 0.5 liters of alcohol or vodka. Clear the bulbs, pour the husk with alcohol and put it for 7 days in a warm dark place. Application: 1 tsp.tincture dilute 3 tbsp.l.clean water and drink on an empty stomach. The course of treatment is 10 days, after which there is a break, and after 2 weeks the course is repeated.

To maintain the pressure in the norm, it is advisable to undergo treatment with this tincture once every six months.

3 Broths and spirits

Among the variety of recipes for traditional medicine, each patient will be able to find an effective remedy. But it is better to enlist the help of a doctor, since it is necessary to take into account the degree of hypertension. This determines the choice of the recipe. Patients especially appreciated the effectiveness of such formulations:

1. Peony tincture. Ingredients: 25 g peony evasive, 400 ml vodka. Peel the peony and pour the vodka, then let it brew in a dark place for 1 week. Then you need to filter the infusion. Take this drug three times a day for 5 ml.
2. Decoction of marshwort. Ingredients: 3 tbsp.l.herbs, 300 ml of boiling water. Pour the cudweed with water and insist for 2 hours. Take 4 times a day for 1 tbsp.l.for half an hour before a meal. This recipe is recommended to alternate with another remedy, which is prepared on the basis of mistletoe whites. To prepare this remedy you will need: 20 g of grass, 300 ml of boiling water. It is necessary to fill in the dry grass with water and to insist for 2 hours, after which drain. Take 2 tbsp.l.three times a day. From mistletoe white it is possible to prepare and spirit tincture. For this 2 tbsp.l.herbs are poured 300 ml of vodka, insist for 10-14 days in a dark place, and then filter. Take this infusion is needed every day for 25 drops. If desired, dilute with water.

These drugs are especially indicated if a hypertensive disease is diagnosed.

In addition to infusions and decoctions of herbs, it is very useful to take medicinal baths. They relieve stress and allow you to relax. For example, patients notice the therapeutic effect after collection for a bath containing lime blossom, marsh swine, hops, sage, thyme, birch buds and motherwort. To make a healing bath, you need to take each herb for 1 tbsp.l.and mix. Then pour 7 tbsp.l.mixture of 3 liters of boiling water and pour into a bath with water. The duration of the bath is 20 minutes.

4 Combined charges

Elderly people can also accept collections based on herbs of a combined type. In this case, too, the extent of the disease is important. For example, the recipes listed below will work even with the 2nd degree of hypertension:

1. Composition: motherwort, dog rose, peppermint, sporach, kidney tea. It is necessary to mix 15 g of each component, then add to the mixture 20 g marshweed marsh or Baikal skullcap. Mix well and pour 1 cup of boiling water. Soak on low heat for 20 minutes, then drain. Take 1/3 cup of broth three times a day.
2. Composition: valerian, mountain ash, skullcap Baikal. Take 15 g of each ingredient and add 10 g of rose hips, blue cornflower and fennel. Mix everything and pour 1 cup of boiling water. To stand on a water bath for 20 minutes, then strain. Take 1/3 cup of broth three times a day.

The physician can change the dosage of the ingredients in the original recipe, depending on the patient's health condition.