Diet regulation is your first best friend. Garlic, hawthorn, fish oil and folic acid are efficacious as is coenzyme Q10- however, allow me to state my case- you need the diagnosis and care of a physician and should consult your doctor and nutritionist before trying alternative therapies.
Some herbs that are known for their ability to lower blood pressure are garlic, tumeric, olive leaf, ginger, maitake, hawthorn berry, ginko biloba, basil, cinnamon, oregano, onion powder, parsley, and thyme.
Several herbs can help lower blood pressure, including tumeric, ginger root, olive leaf, gingko biloba, maitake mushroom extract, and hawthorn berry. However, as with all other treatments, it's important to speak to your health care provider about the possible benefits and risks of the treatment before you start taking it.
If you have high blood pressure, you should consult a doctor. Most herbal remedies have not been tested for efficacy and safety. You should also consider a low-fat, low-salt diet.
Ginger root, hawthorn berry, maitake(chinese mushroom), gingko biloba, and tumeric are a few. Supposedly extract of olive leaf will also help. Ginger root because it is used in many Asian recipes and gingko biloba because it can be found in many stores will probably be the easiest to find.
Lots of herbs are linked to lowering blood pressure. Most notably ginger and garlic are the two most common. As far as things to avoid, licosice is linked to increased BP.
Garlic is a well known herb for lowering the blood pressure, it also aids in overall cardiovascular health. Hawthorn is a special type of herb which increases the blood flow and helps in reducing high blood pressure. Apart from this Turmeric, Ginkgo Biloba, Lime blossom and Olive Leaf are some other herbs that help in lowering high blood pressure.
Herbs can help in controlling high blood pressure but care should be taken as overuse of these herbs have serious side-effects. Some herbs used in treatment are Coleus Forskohlii, Hawthorne, Mistletoe and Rauwolfia. However, these should taken under the care of a physician's suprevision.
