My partner who is usually really healthy felt his blood pressure may be high and has been getting headaches. He attended the GP (but when he got there they had just made an appt with the nurse!). Anyway, his blood pressure is higher than it should be, although they did not give him the figures and have asked him to go back into a month, whereby if its not changed they will investigate further.
He asked about diet, etc and they really quite unhelpful and said cut down on salt, but he rarely has salt apart from obviously certain foods have salt in them. She also said it HPB should not cause headaches.
I was presuming they may check if he was diabetic or aneamic, etc.
Going to do some Reiki but just wondered if anything else as in natural products can help lower blood pressure?
Thanks
Ellie
eating raw food s lower BP i believe, they dont sound helpful at all.maybe go back to ask for the reading of BP? he has got right to know.maybe look up HBP on internet and find out what he can do? if he has to wait for one month with these headaches that is awful long time to wait.
maybe someone else suggest sumat else.hope the headaches goes away.
Amethysfairy
Hi Ellie
I had the same problem last year but tried mukta vati herbal tablets which stablised my blood pressure within only a few days. I heard of this natural remedy via this post on HP:
https://www.healthypages.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=41672&highlight=mukta+vati post #5
I googled it to find a supplier.
And to keep it down I took up swimming again, as well as following a healthier diet.
HTH
Best wishes
Moonfairy
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High Blood Pressure
You can use a herb called Karkaday (Hibiscus). Brew like a tea - then allow it to cool (must be drunk cold). It tastes quite nice too. I don't have high BP myself but I know 2 people who I have recommended this to and it has reduced their BP using Karkaday only. If you can't get hold of any let me know and I can post you some.
Best wishes
🙂
Thanks for your answers I will look up both of these remedies.Ellie x
You say your partner is having headaches, is he taking painkillers for these? If so, make sure he's taking paracetamol and not ibuprofen - the pharmacist told my partner off for taking ibuprofen the other day as apparently it can increase blood pressure.
With love,
Amber
No actually he is not taking pain killers but just dealing with the headaches. I have suggested he goes back to the GP.
Thanks for your reply
Ellie
Hi Ellie
Your partners GP/Practice nurse seem to be following the correct guidelines in treating possible hypertension- nothing is done until they get usually 3 separate readings that are higher than normal. So when your partner goes back for a recheck they still may not do anything. A lot depends on his risk factors - family history, cholesterol, weight, ? is he diabetic etc and also hypertension doesnt usually cause headaches.
Just a thought - does your partner wear glasses or has he had his eyes tested lately? If not I'd get them checked out.
Hope that helps
Delores x
Just wondering, how much water does he drink? Lack of fluids can sometimes have the effect of raising blood pressure and can also be indicated for some who get headaches. If the salt / water ratio in the body is out, this would certainly not help. Not saying it is this, but it's a cheap and cheerful thing to look at, sometimes with a surprising effect.
He could try to avoid the colour red and use more blue. Red can raise BP whereas blue lowers it. Does he wear a lot of red?
Maggie
No doesn't wear red and has had his eyes tested in the last few months and updated his glasses - so I think we can rule that one out.
I too have suggested drinking more water and also trying to look at his diet etc, unfortunately he works shifts which I know from experience can sometimes make for irregular mealtimes, etc.
Thanks for all your suggestions.
Ellie
with the headaches as well it might indicate stress, Hypnosis has been shown to be effective in reducing blood pressure and stress. always look to treat a cause no the symptom.
I do think there is an element of stress involved which is work related, although he doesn't particularly acknowledge this.
Thanks again for your suggestions.
Ellie
My mum had high blood pressure and found garlic capsules really helped to lower it.
My mum had high blood pressure and found garlic capsules really helped to lower it.
I disagree.
Yes, fresh raw garlic helps lower blood pressue. But garlic supplements are "suspect", because there's strong evidence that the active ingredients in garlic don't retain their potency in a capsule form.
Hope this helps.