Hypertension is a dangerous disease that requires constant monitoring. A hypertensive person is now and then puzzled by questions: fried, salted, smoked food or the so beloved chocolate - do they raise or lower blood pressure? What to do in the moment of a hypertensive crisis, how to prevent it.
A hypertensive person is dependent on taking medications that lower blood pressure. But this dependence on medicines, on the one hand, is expressed by significant costs, which during the economic crisis become too burdensome for the family budget, and on the other hand, stress for the whole organism, because any pharmaceutical drug is a chemistry, a source of toxins, harmful substances.
Traditional medicine is another matter. Collected over the centuries, unique recipes based on the gifts of nature open the doors for people to the world of health and longevity, giving an excellent opportunity to get rid of one or another ailment without harm and cost.
In this article we will talk about berries, in particular, find out: does lingonberry increase or decrease blood pressure?
Berries that lower blood pressure
So which berries lower blood pressure? The answer to this question is to be found in the recesses of nature, in the depths of centuries. For a long time, it was believed that berries with a high degree of acidity reduce blood pressure.
For this purpose, infusions, decoctions of wild rose, raspberry, cranberry, black currant were used for medicinal purposes. But nature is generous in gifts, rich in species of berries. Hawthorn, blueberry, blueberry, chokeberry, sea buckthorn ... all of them are also mentioned in many recipes for pressure.
But the question immediately arises: does the same blueberry or sea buckthorn increase or decrease pressure? Here the answer is ambiguous - the effect of the plant depends on whether the berries themselves or its leaves are used for medicinal purposes. So, sea buckthorn leaves have the property of dramatically lowering pressure, and the pulp is no longer known for such a pronounced effect, therefore, its use in small quantities is also permissible for hypotonic patients.
Lingonberry berry is another matter. The substances included in its chemical composition can act as a good analogue of pharmaceutical medicines, which are indicated for hypertension.
Lingonberry properties
Lingonberry has been famous for its medicinal properties since ancient times. Healers of the ancient world used it as a fortifying, tonic agent for the treatment of warriors who had endured a hard battle, weakened children, and the elderly.
Lingonberry pulp contains countless health-promoting substances:
- vitamins;
- amino acids;
- antacids;
- vegetable fibers;
- minerals.
Of the vitamins contained in the berry, one can distinguish:
- And, known as the most powerful stimulant of cell regeneration.
- In saturating cells with the energy of life.
- C is an antioxidant that prevents aging, destruction of cell structure and is famous for its strengthening properties.
- Growth vitamin - D, which is necessary for both children and adults, especially in old age, when additional protection of the skeletal and muscular system, which is losing its elasticity, is required.
Tannin, carboxylic, benzoic and other acids, amino acids start an accelerated metabolic process in the body, which has a positive effect on lipid metabolism and the formation of a healthy cellular background.
Plant fibers and antacids stimulate digestion and are beneficial for improving the digestive process.
ATTENTION: Due to the high content of plant fibers in the berry, irritating the walls of the stomach, it is contraindicated for people suffering from high acidity.
How does lingonberry affect human pressure?
Today, when there is a wealth of scientific research experience in the arsenal of mankind, it is possible to substantiate the action of the berry from a medical point of view. In addition to amino acids, acids, vitamins and minerals, lingonberry pulp contains a beta-sieve sterol, which, in combination with an acidic medium, prevents the deposition of cholesterol on the walls of blood vessels. It has been proven that it is the excess of cholesterol in the body that contributes to the formation of deadly plaques in the vessels that block normal blood flow. Promote the formation of cholesterol and, as a result, increase blood pressure fatty and fried foods, salt, sugar, alcohol, tobacco. As a result of the accumulation of cholesterol plaques and squeezing of blood vessels, heart attacks, strokes, and ischemic disease occur. You can avoid these terrible consequences for human health and life by taking in small quantities a simple and familiar to many from childhood berry - lingonberry, so healing and useful from high blood pressure.
Lingonberry dosage for hypertensive patients
In any business, the golden mean is good. This also applies to the consumption of berries, in particular to lingonberries, because the acids and plant fibers contained in them tend to irritate the walls of the stomach and intestines. Nutritionists recommend eating no more than a handful of fresh berries per day (small, measured in about two tablespoons). It is in the fresh pulp that vitamins are contained, valuable substances that lower blood pressure and charge the body with health and energy. Lingonberry is famous for its anti-aging properties, so that, along with the effect of normalizing blood pressure, a person receives the key to longevity and beauty, which is also important.
Processed lingonberries can be consumed in large quantities. So fragrant lingonberry jam will become not only a decoration of any table, but also an excellent medicine that does not have any contraindications and side effects, except that you cannot overeat with such jars.
Often, culinary experts use lingonberries to prepare all kinds of dishes, both confectionery and snacks, hot dishes. It is noteworthy that, even if such food does not contain as many valuable elements as fresh juice and pulp, nevertheless, dishes with cooked lingonberries are useful and also have a beneficial effect on the health of hypertensive patients.
The best recipe is a simple mixture of grated lingonberries with sugar, which is taken one tablespoon 15-20 minutes before meals, washed down with half a glass of warm water.
Recipes with lingonberries for hypertension
The modern piggy bank of traditional medicine contains a huge number of wonderful recipes based on lingonberry. So, lingonberry tinctures are very popular, due to their effectiveness in the treatment of many diseases and ease of manufacture.
Making such a tincture is as easy as shelling pears: we only need 1-2 kilograms of lingonberries, 1-2 liters of vodka (always of high quality) and 100-150 gr. granulated sugar.
The berries are thoroughly washed, ground with sugar and poured with vodka, after which the mixture is removed to a cool, dark place for a month.
IMPORTANT: Shake the tincture well every 4-5 days during this month.
After the expiration of the prescribed period, the tincture is filtered from the formed sediment, after which it is ready for use.
To improve blood circulation, stimulate metabolic processes and treat hypertension, use an aqueous solution with 10-20 drops of lingonberry tincture, which is drunk half an hour before meals.
A decoction of the leaves has a very good effect. To prepare the decoction, we need a handful of fresh (or dried) plant leaves.
The leaves are cut (but it is better to tear it with your hands, since when it comes into contact with the metal surface of the knife, oxidation occurs and, as a result, the destruction of a significant part of the useful elements contained in the leaves of lingonberry).
Then they are placed in an enamel bowl, filled with a mug (350-500 gr.) Of boiling water.
Insist under a closed lid for an hour, and then strain and drink a third of a glass 20 minutes before meals, twice a day.
In order to release the maximum amount of nutrients from the leaves in the broth, it is recommended to cook it in a water bath for 30-40 minutes and also to stand for an hour.
To keep yourself in good physical shape, make salads with lingonberries or stews with vegetables and lingonberries.
Now you know everything about how to reduce blood pressure with hypertension with simple folk remedies. Refer to good recipes, gifts of nature, appreciate them and be healthy!
