The same thing could happen to the blood vessels. The pressure is so often or intense would endanger other organs such as kidneys, heart cause problems so there is a stroke, blindness, and others.
To control hypertension, doctors usually recommend lifestyle changes, exercise, relaxation, avoid intake of salt-added treatment. Furthermore, hibiscus tea could be an additional therapy.
Apparently hibiscus or often known as hibiscus can lower blood pressure. same blood pressure lowering drugs, red flowers are also yellow is said to be able to open blood vessels wider, lowering blood viscosity and increase the production of urine that can reduce blood volume.
Hibiscus tea made from Hibiscus Sabdariffa flowers, sometimes called Rosella or Karkade. In a study published in Phytomedicine 2004, the patient drinks each day 10 grams of dried flowers are brewed.
The results show that this tea can control the types of mild to moderate hypertension as effectively as captopril, a drug commonly used to treat hypertension and heart failure.
Hibiscus is also said to work fast. Journal of Ethnopharmacology reported that after 12 days, 31 patients who consumed tea Hibiscus average blood pressure decreased to 11.2 percent for systolic pressure and 10.7 percent for diastolic pressure .
Normally, systolic pressure 120 and diastolic is 80, meaning Hibiscus tea can lower blood pressure to normal conditions for approximately less than two weeks. How do people with hypertension should use this herb?
Ellen Kamhi, Ph.D., RN and co-author of The Natural Medicine Chest (Evans & Co.., 2000) recommends that inform the use of this herb to the doctor while using drugs or leave this medication, checking blood pressure every day.
"The ratio and the risk of using herbs in this case, of course, more secure and better than medicine. Thus, try to use it, " said Ellen.
