Millet and other folk remedies for hypertension

Today, arterial hypertension (hypertension) is one of the most common diseases of the cardiovascular system, which is characterized by a strong increase in pressure (often above one hundred and forty ninety). Hypertension affects people with circulatory disorders, due to which vasospasm occurs. The disease is very dangerous. Vessels are narrowed and damaged, and over time, under a powerful pressure of blood burst, which leads to hemorrhage. After a stroke, 78.2 percent of patients have high blood pressure. Doctors strongly recommend that people who have reached middle age regularly monitor blood pressure, take preventive measures to reduce the risk of developing this disease.

Causes and development of hypertension, symptoms, stages

According to cardiologists, the main cause of hypertension is circulatory disorders.

1. Chronic diseases (diabetes, arthritis).
2. hereditary predisposition.
3. Brain injury.
4. Diseases caused by viruses and other infections.
5. Vascular changes that occur with age.
6. Strong emotional stress (stress, depression, and so on).
7. Increased cholesterol and adrenaline levels.

Non-compliance with the daily routine, malnutrition, excess weight, alcohol and smoking, and other bad habits also often lead to hypertension.

The biggest danger is that a person may not know about high blood pressure until the first crisis. Therefore, regular monitoring of pressure is necessary!

Often the family does not have a device for measuring pressure, so you need to know the main signs of the disease.

These include:

• causeless headaches (in the back of the head, temples, crown), which appear at any time and are aggravated by tilting the head, coughing;
• noise in ears;
• deterioration of vision (fog, veil, black dots before the eyes);
• heart pain;
• edema.

Later, sleep problems, nausea, eye pain, dizziness, memory impairment may appear.

1. The first is blood pressure 140-159 / 90-99 mm Hg. Art.
2. The second is pressure in the range of 160–179 / 100–109 mm Hg. Art.
3. Third - the pressure rises to 180 and above / 110 mm Hg. Art.

Due to too high rates, the last stage is the most dangerous. A sudden sharp drop in blood pressure in the 3rd stage indicates a malfunction in the heart.

Prevention and treatment

To reduce the risk of hypertension, preventive measures should be taken. An important part of prevention is a healthy and active lifestyle.

• get rid of bad habits;
• review the diet (reduce the intake of foods containing a large amount of carbohydrates and fats of animal origin, increase the amount of foods rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium);
• lead an active lifestyle, walk more, exercise;
• avoid stressful situations;
• observe the daily routine;
• avoid being overweight.

By adhering to these simple rules, you can come to the normalization of blood pressure during the year.

The treatment of arterial hypertension requires an individual approach.

The most commonly prescribed drugs are:

1. Thiazide diuretics.
2. Sartans.
3. calcium antagonists.
4. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.
5. Beta blockers.
6. Alpha-adrenergic blockers.

During the treatment period, you need to lead a calm lifestyle, avoid emotional stress, stress.

Folk remedies for hypertension

In folk medicine, there are many recipes based on medicinal plants and herbal preparations.

1. One tablespoon of rose hips, viburnum, mountain ash, hawthorn and dried apricots, mix, pour one liter of boiling water, insist in a thermos for six hours. Consume in any amount throughout the day.
2. Mix onion juice (3 kg), half a kilogram of honey, walnut partitions (20-30 pieces) and half a liter of diluted alcohol (40 degrees). Insist, after ten days pass through cheesecloth. Drink thirty grams before meals 4 times a day.
3. Thirty grams of dill seeds pour 250-300 g of boiling water, put on fire, bring to a boil, pour into a jar, tightly close the lid, leave for 30 minutes, pass through gauze. Drink 100 g 4-5 times a day before meals (you can add honey).
4. Mix beet juice with honey 1:1 (1 tablespoon 4-5 times a day).
5. Pour unpeeled sunflower seeds into a jar of half a liter, rinse thoroughly, simmer in two liters of water for 2 hours. Cool, pass through the filter. Drink throughout the day.
6. Scroll the lemon with the peel in a meat grinder, chop the rose hips and cranberries, add thirty grams to the lemon mixture, mix with one glass of honey. Take thirty grams in the morning and evening.

In diseases of the cardiovascular system, it is necessary to use medicinal plants and herbal preparations with caution. They are used as an addition to the main treatment and with the permission of a cardiologist.

Millet is widely used for hypertension. Due to the high content of vitamins and minerals (magnesium, fluorine, iron, potassium, zinc), proteins in millet groats, it is useful for illness.

Magnesium and potassium make the walls of blood vessels more flexible and strong, prevent the accumulation of cholesterol in them, regulating pressure. Proper exchange of potassium in the body improves kidney function, therefore, normalizes the removal of water from the body. This helps to avoid excessive stress on the heart and blood vessels. As a result, the pressure stabilizes.

• thirty grams of dry cereals (daily in the morning);
• rinse ninety grams of millet groats, crush in a mortar and dry, eat the powder without drinking during the day;
• cook porridge in a large amount of liquid, filter, use fat;
• pour boiling water, let stand for twenty-four hours (drink the foam that floats to the surface);
• calcine millet at maximum heat (do not allow color changes), rinse one third of a mug (two hundred grams) of cereal, add sixty to seventy grams of water and cook porridge over low heat. Add salt and sugar to taste. Eat daily;
• rinse the grits three times in clean water, pour boiling water for 2 minutes, drain. Pour millet into a saucepan, pour in water in a ratio of 1: 2, cook until it is ready. When five or six minutes remain before the end of cooking, you can add a banana, an apple, other fruits and berries (to taste). Nothing can be added for taste (the recipe will help prevent a stroke);
• eight - ten grams of millet flour pour three hundred grams of cold water, mix, divide into 3 parts, take during the day twenty to thirty minutes before meals;
• pour the washed millet into boiling salted water and cook until half cooked, add butter, sugar, cottage cheese, mix and cook until the porridge is ready;
• Rinse 50-60 grams of millet groats, pour five hundred grams of hot water. Place on fire, stir continuously until it boils. Strain immediately. The first day, take twenty-five to thirty grams every hour, the second day - seventy to ninety grams every hour, the next days until the end of the week - one hundred and twenty grams before meals;
• spread the millet against pressure on a dish, moisten and cover with a wet cloth. Sprout grains (make sure that they do not dry out). Sprouts should appear on the second or third day. After the grain, rinse and dry. Cook porridge, you can with cranberries. No salt, sugar or oil. If you have problems with the intestines, be sure to make the porridge liquid and rub it to the consistency of sour cream.