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Hyper­tension is a con­dition of increased blood pressure on blood vessels. It is con­sidered as one of the most common lifestyle diseases and has affected around 50 million people in the United States. Hyper­tension, also called high blood pressure, is cat­egorized into two types — essential hyper­tension and sec­ondary hyper­tension — on the basis of the underlying causes for its occurrence. The reason for essential hyper­tension is not easily iden­ti­fiable and treated, while sec­ondary hyper­tension is the com­plication of any other existing chronic disease such as alcohol abuse, kidney failure, and hormonal imbalance. It is a highly risky disease, which essen­tially needs treatment, since it can lead to arteri­o­sclerosis that results degen­erative diseases, stroke, and cardiac arrest.

Now, natural treatment is pre­ferred to reduce hyper­tension, as people are more aware of the possible side effects of con­ven­tional med­ication. Natural treatment meth­odology also has a unique advantage to cure the underlying causes, which the con­ven­tional medicines usually lack. Natural methods focus to cure the risk factors for hyper­tension such as cho­lesterol, hormonal imbalance, diabetes and obesity to restore the equi­librium and perfect func­tioning of the body.

Natural treatment primarily starts with life style modi­fication since bad habits have con­tributed much to the cause of the disease. Balanced diet and diet modi­fication is an essential part of natural treatment, which helps to reduce obesity, a major risk factor for hyper­tension. In addition to other nutrients, potassium, calcium and mag­nesium have to be addi­tionally included in the diet since they play vital role in blood control. The increased tendency to partake in common salt must be avoided, to maintain the balance of elec­trolytes. A recom­mended mineral rich diet must include milk and milk products, fishes, oysters, nuts, green vegetables, and fruits such as bananas, potatoes, and molasses. Sup­plements of minerals and vitamins are to be used, if a proper diet is not feasible.

Natural treatment requires hyper­tension patients to implement certain lifestyle modi­fic­ations. Exercise and relaxation therapies are an inev­itable part of natural treatment. The excess calories have to be burnt off through regular exercises and it helps to induce oxy­genation of blood. Relaxation therapies and med­itation tech­niques such as yoga, breathing exercises, tai chi, biofeedback, and hyp­no­therapy help to avoid stress and other related psy­chiatric problems. Avoid alkaloid rich drinks such as coffee and fatty foods. Smoking has to be essen­tially quitted and dependency on alcohol has to be avoided.

Natural treatment also suggests certain herbal remedies such as Withania som­nifera, Con­volvulus plur­i­caulis, Pas­siflora, and Ginkgo biloba. Garlic is also recom­mended as a routine ingredient of diet since it has the power of being a blood thinner. However, be cautious when taking herbal sup­plements, only using according to the advice of a physician since herbal alkaloids may interfere the balance of the body functions.

Hyper­tension is a silent killer, which exhibit its symptoms only in advanced con­ditions. Hence, modify your lifestyle to practice good habits and a balanced diet and you can reduce the risk of hyper­tension naturally.

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Ori­ginally posted 2009-​​03-​​16 11:29:55.

You’ve decided that you’re going to try quitting smoking. You know it will be tough but you’ve made that all important decision — you want to stop smoking and you want some help to do it.

You can try herbal remedies, unfor­tu­nately, these can give some people a queasy stomach. Then there are the popular nicotine replacement treatments, readily available as patches, gum or sprays.

If these don’t work then some people look for other altern­atives like acu­puncture or hypnosis to help them quit smoking. There has been lots already written about this last technique and you’re probably won­dering is hypnosis effective for quitting smoking… does it actually work?

As with everything in life for some hypnosis will work for others it won’t — everybody is an indi­vidual with par­ticular needs and habits. As a general rule of thumb though, just because something works for you doesn’t neces­sarily work for everybody else.

Ser­iously, how can some comedy carnival sideshow help you when quitting smoking?

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Ori­ginally posted 2009-​​03-​​24 18:32:18.