Natural Treatment for High Blood Pressure and Hypertension

Patients are encouraged not to do any form of exercises straightaway or immediately while getting up from the bed as this may lead to insufficiency blood supply particularly in the brain and heart, and in some cases may prone to unexpected situations such as myocardial ischemia. Therefore, people with high blood pressure should relax themselves for 5 to 10 minutes on bed before doing some light exercises. And the volume of the activities should be increased gradually according to the health condition of the individual respectively.

For a healthy blood pressure, exercise should be carried out 30 minutes for each practice five times a week. Before doing exercise, patients should warm up their bodies for 10 minutes. For each ending section of exercise, patients should relax their bodies for 10 minutes to avoid vascular constriction and muscle cramp. Experts recommend exercise to be done by calculating a heart rate. Its formula is (170 - age) times/ minute. For example, people who are 65 years old, their exercise rate is 105 beats/ minute (170 - 65 = 105). Patients may also calculate the volume of exercise for each ending section of exercise with a pulse count. Its formula is pulse rate multiplying 4 plus 10% of the pulse rate. For example, people with pulse rate 30, their exercise rate is 132 times / minute ([30 x 4] + [120 x 10%] = 132.)

While doing exercise, few things to bear in mind as follows:

1. Do not go for aggressive and tiring exercise but the exercise should be done step by step and its volume should increase gradually according to the health condition of the individual respectively
2. Do not over exercise or overexert muscles for each physical activity
3. Pay attention to the surrounding temperature. Do not ever attempt to exercise when the whether is either too hot or too cold to prevent the outbreak of stroke
4. Wear clothes that are appropriate, comfortable, cotton-made materials, high ability to absorb sweat and water, and appropriate sport shoes
5. Do exercise only in the safe places such as open space, field, park, but not in the roadway or narrow path
6. Avoid doing exercise while fasting as this will cause hypoglycemia (low blood glucose). Exercise should be carried out 2 hours later after the meal.
7. Stop any form of physical exercises, if one feels uncomfortable or sick
8. Stop any form of physical exercises, if one finds pain in certain parts of the body or if ones experiences any discomfort feelings or complicated symptoms
9. Do not go for exercise while empty stomach or 1 hour later after the meal
10. Do not stop aggressively or immediately while doing exercise. Patients should follow the proper procedure to cease the physical exercise to avoid muscle cramp and pain.

Weight Control

A national survey conducted by the United States found that overweight is the culprit of hypertension. Another research done by Japan Research Team revealed that obesity is the major risk factor for hypertension. Japanese researches discovered that 80% of the hypertensive patients have a decline in blood pressure after undergoing a period of food therapy. In conjunction to this research, Chinese medical experts pointed out those hypertensive patients can improve their conditions by adopting an appropriate diet to control their weight. The weight control is essential to maintain patients' normal blood pressure, obesity, heart rate, plasma uric acid, blood glucose and cholesterol. Additionally, weight control is effective to lower blood pressure while reducing insulin, as the reduced weight helps to inhibit rennin sympathetic and aldosterone.

The simple calculation for the standard weight is as follows:

Height should be in the normal range of height (measured in cm) -105 ± 10% of the body weight. Any value exceeds this range is considered overweight.

As for the males with obesity below ± 10%, the daily calorie intake should maintain at 2000 kcal (kilocalories), while for women is 1,800 kcal.

As for the males with obesity around the range of ±20%, the daily calorie intake should maintain at 1,700 kcal, while for women is 1,500 kcal.

As for extremely high obese men, the daily calorie intake should be in the range of 1100 to 1400 kcal, while for women is in 1000 to 1200 kcal.

The simplest way to calculate standard weight is based upon the formula of body mass index (BMI) as follows:

BMI = body weight (kg) / height (m) 2

• Example: weight = 72kg, height = 175cm (1.75m)
• Calculation: 72/ (1.75)2 = 23.51

BMI = body weight (in pounds) / [height (in inches)] 2 x 703

• Example: weight = 150 lbs, height = 5'5” (65”)
• Calculation: [150 / (65) 2] x 703 = 24.69
• Note: BMI ≥ 25 is overweight, and BMI ≥ 27 is obese.

Table shows standard values for overweight and obesity according respectively to the height.